Sperm DNA fragmentation: Paternal effect on early post-implantation embryo development in ART

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2876-2881

  Borini, A ^a   Tarozzi, N ^a   Bizzaro, D ^b   Bonu, M A ^a   Fava, L ^a   Flamigni, C ^c   Coticchio, G ^a  

^a Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; ART; DNA fragmentation; Human sperm; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY GRADIENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 33749993552     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del251     Document Type: Article

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