Sperm nuclear DNA fragmentation and mitochondrial activity in men with varicocele

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1716-1722

  Blumer, Camile Garcia ^a   Fariello, Roberta Maria ^a   Restelli, Adriana Ester ^a   Spaine, Deborah Montagnini ^a   Bertolla, Ricardo Pimenta ^a   Cedenho, Agnaldo Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comet assay; infertility; mitochondrial activity; sperm DNA damage; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DIAMINOBENZIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; COMET ASSAY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUTROPHILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 55149106781     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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