Extent of nuclear DNA damage in ejaculated spermatozoa impacts on blastocyst development after in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 378-383

  Seli, Emre ^a   Gardner, David K ^b   Schoolcraft, William B ^b   Moffatt, Odette ^c   Sakkas, Denny ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

apoptosis; blastocyst development rate; IVF; pregnancy rate; Sperm; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DNA DAMAGE; EJACULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA DAMAGE; EJACULATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4143065747     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.12.039     Document Type: Article

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