Semen DNA fragmentation index, evaluated with both TUNEL and comet assay, and the ICSI outcome

In Vivo

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1075-1080

  Caglar, Gamze Sinem ^a   Köster, Frank ^a   Schöpper, Beate ^a   Asimakopoulos, Bryon ^b   Nehls, Barbara ^a   Nikolettos, Nikos ^b   Diedrich, Klaus ^a   Al Hasani, Safaa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Comet; DNA fragmentation; ICSI; Semen; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DNA FRAGMENT; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MASTURBATION; NICK END LABELING; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 37349090530     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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