Testicular spermatozoa have statistically significantly lower DNA damage compared with ejaculated spermatozoa in patients with unsuccessful oral antioxidant treatment

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1142-1146

  Moskovtsev, Sergey I ^a   Jarvi, Keith ^b   Mullen, J Brendan M ^a   Cadesky, Kenneth I ^c   Hannam, Thomas ^d   Lo, Kirk C ^b  

^a Laboratory Medicine   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Lifequest Centre for Reproductive Medicine   (Canada)

^d Hannam Fertility Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation index; Sperm DNA damage; testicular spermatozoa; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; FERULIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; PYRIDOXINE; SELENIUM; UBIDECARENONE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGE; EJACULATION; GINSENG; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; EJACULATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 77049095151     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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