Effect of the therapy with recombinant FSH on the fragmentation of the spermatic DNA in patients with idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermia undergoing ICSI;Effetto della terapia con FSH ricombinante sulla frammentazione del DNA spermatico in pazienti affetti da oligoastenoteratozoospermia avviati a cicli ICSI

Giornale Italiano di Ostetricia e Ginecologia

Volumn 31, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 308-310

  Fornaro, F ^a   La Verde, E ^a   Zurzolo, L ^a   Lambiase, A ^a   Pacilio, C ^a   Colacurci, N ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

ICSI; Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia; rFSH; Sperm DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA INTEGRATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 75349084059     PISSN: 03919013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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