Fertility testing and ICSI sperm selection by hyaluronic acid binding: Clinical and genetic aspects

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 650-663

  Huszar, Gabor ^a   Jakab, Attila ^b   Sakkas, Denny ^a   Ozenci, Ciler Celik ^c   Cayli, Sevil ^c   Delpiano, Elena ^d   Ozkavukcu, Sinan ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biochemical markers; Chromosomal aneuploidies; DNA fragmentation; Hyaluronic acid binding; ICSI; Sperm maturity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HYALURONIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL CREATINE KINASE; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN HSPA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; BINDING ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DIPLOIDY; DISOMY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE FERTILITY; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM;

ANEUPLOIDY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34248635671     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61060-7     Document Type: Review

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