Assessing sperm DNA damage;Evaluación del danño en el DNA espermático

Actas Urologicas Espanolas

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-131

  Cortes Gutierrez E I ^a   Davila Rodriguez M I ^a   Lopez Fernandez C ^b   Fernandez J L ^c   Gosálvez, Jaime ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertility; Male sterility; Semen quality; Sperm DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

DNA DAMAGE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NICK END LABELING; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON;

DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34249050714     PISSN: 02104806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-4806(07)73609-4     Document Type: Article

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