"Physiologic ICSI": Hyaluronic acid (HA) favors selection of spermatozoa without DNA fragmentation and with normal nucleus, resulting in improvement of embryo quality

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 598-604

  Parmegiani, Lodovico ^a   Cognigni, Graciela Estela ^a   Bernardi, Silvia ^a   Troilo, Enzo ^a   Ciampaglia, Walter ^a   Filicori, Marco ^a  

^a GynePro Medical Centers   (Italy)

Author keywords

HA ICSI; Hyaluronic acid selection; IMSI; MSOME; physiologic ICSI; PICSI; sperm DNA fragmentation; sperm selection

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; POVIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; OOCYTES; POVIDONE; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 74449086546     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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