Sperm chromatin structure assay as an independent predictor of fertility in vivo: A case-control study

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Giwercman, Aleksander ^a   Lindstedt, Lars ^a   Larsson, Mattias ^a   Bungum, Mona ^a   Spano, Marcello ^b   Levine, Richard J ^c   Rylander, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Prediction; Semen analysis; Sperm chromatin structure assay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLOIDIES; PROBABILITY; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 74349118716     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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