Sperm protamine 1/protamine 2 ratios are related to in vitro fertilization pregnancy rates and predictive of fertilization ability

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1408-1415

  Aoki, Vincent W ^a   Liu, Lihua ^a   Jones, Kirtly P ^a   Hatasaka, Harry H ^a   Gibson, Mark ^a   Peterson, C Matthew ^a   Carrell, Douglas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitation; chromatin; fertilization; IVF; protamines

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P1; PROTAMINE P2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DENSITOMETRY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTAMINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTAH;

EID: 33750198561     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.04.024     Document Type: Article

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