Relationship between seminal ascorbic acid and sperm DNA integrity in infertile men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 569-575

  Song, Gyun Jee ^a   Norkus, Edward P ^b   Lewis, Vivian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Male infertility; Oxidative stress; Sperm DNA damage

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION INDEX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 33751267939     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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