Correlation between neutral alpha-glucosidase activity and sperm DNA fragmentation

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 316-318

  Watanabe, M ^a   Roussev, R ^b   Ahlering, P ^c   Sauer, R ^a,d   Coulam, C ^b,e   Jeyendran, R S ^a  

^a Andrology Laboratory Services   (United States)

^b Millenova Immunology Laboratories   (United States)

^c Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e Rinehart Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutral glucosidase activity; Sperm DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70049093301     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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