Effect of antioxidant supplementation of cryopreservation medium on post-thaw integrity of human spermatozoa

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-189

  Taylor, Katrina ^a,b   Roberts, Peter ^b   Sanders, Kathy ^c   Burton, Peter ^a,b  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cryopreservation; Human sperm; Oxidative stress; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MASTURBATION; NICK END LABELING; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING;

EID: 60549084167     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60254-4     Document Type: Article

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