Comparing flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy for analyzing human sperm DNA fragmentation by TUNEL labeling

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 785-787

  Muratori, Monica ^a,b   Forti, Gianni ^a   Baldi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Center for Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; Flow cytometry; Sperm; Tunel

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TECHNOLOGY;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTRANUCLEAR INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PYRIMIDINONES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 51449124051     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20615     Document Type: Article

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