Etiology and evaluation of sperm chromatin anomalies

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Tavalaee, Marziyeh ^a   Nasr Esfahani, Mohammad Hossein ^a,b   Deemeh, Mohammad Reza ^a,b  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN FERTILITY AND INFERTILITY CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Protamine deficiency; Sperm chromatin anomalies

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANILINE BLUE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CHROMOMYCIN A3; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTAMINE; PROTAMINE P2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; APOPTOSIS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; COMET ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649537514     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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