Quality and functional aspects of sperm retrieved through assisted ejaculation in men with spinal cord injury

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 819-825

  Restelli, Adriana Ester ^a   Bertolla, Ricardo Pimenta ^a   Spaine, Deborah Montagnini ^a   Miotto Jr , Ari ^a   Borrelli Jr , Milton ^a   Cedenho, Agnaldo Pereira ^a  

^a Human Reproduction Section   (Brazil)

Author keywords

assisted ejaculation; DNA damage; mitochondria metabolism; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOBENZIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; ELECTROEJACULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FERTILITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VIBRATION SENSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VIBRATION;

EID: 61349112175     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.060     Document Type: Article

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