Is abnormal sperm function an indicator among couples with recurrent pregnancy loss?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1854-1858

  Saxena, Pikee ^a   Misro, Man Mohan ^a   Chaki, Sankar Prasad ^a   Chopra, Kusum ^a   Roy, Somnath ^a   Nandan, Deoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

Author keywords

acrosome status; hypo osmotic swelling; nuclear chromatin decondensation; Recurrent pregnancy loss; sperm function

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; FOLLITROPIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACROSOMAL STATUS TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHLAMYDIA; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPO OSMOTIC SWELLING TEST; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; NUCLEAR CHROMATIN DECONDENSATION TEST; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SAMPLING; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UREAPLASMA; VAGINITIS;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; CELL SHAPE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349148706     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.031     Document Type: Article

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