Low folate in seminal plasma is associated with increased sperm DNA damage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 548-556

  Boxmeer, Jolanda C ^a   Smit, Marij ^a   Utomo, Elaine ^a   Romijn, Johannes C ^a   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^a   Lindemans, Jan ^a   Laven, Joop S E ^a   Macklon, Nick S ^a,b   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Regine P M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cobalamin; DNA fragmentation index; folate; homocysteine; pyridoxine; SCSA; Sperm parameters

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; DNA DAMAGE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 67651113983     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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