Assessment of sperm quality, DNA integrity and cryopreservation protocols in men diagnosed with testicular and systemic malignancies

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 377-382

  Said, T M ^a   Tellez, S ^a   Evenson, D P ^b   Del Valle, A P ^a  

^a The Toronto Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (Canada)

^b SCSA Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; DNA fragmentation; Malignancy; Sperm; Testicular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA INTEGRATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINOMA; SKIN CANCER; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TESTIS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449412498     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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