Sperm deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation as assessed by the sperm chromatin dispersion test in assisted reproductive technology programs: results of a large prospective multicenter study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1792-1799

  Velez de la Calle, Juan Felipe ^a   Muller, Audrey ^b   Walschaerts, Marie ^b   Clavere, Jean Louis ^c   Jimenez, Clément ^d   Wittemer, Christiane ^e   Thonneau, Patrick ^b  

^a CLINIQUE PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Centre de Fécondation In Vitro   (France)

^d DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Maternity Department   (France)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; ICSI; infertility; IVF; SCD test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA INTEGRATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERM CHROMATIN DISPERSION TEST; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; CELL SHAPE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 55149097676     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.021     Document Type: Article

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