The effect of repeated freezing and thawing on human sperm DNA fragmentation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1147-1156

  Thomson, Laura Kelly ^a   Fleming, Steven Denis ^b   Barone, Katrina ^a   Zieschang, Julie Anne ^a   Clark, Anne Melton ^a  

^a Fertility First   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; density gradient centrifugation; DNA fragmentation; spermatozoa; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA INTEGRATION; FERTILIZATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THAWING;

ADULT; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FREEZING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77049088684     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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