Sperm DNA damage in male infertility: Etiologies, assays, and outcomes

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-12

  Schulte, Ryan T ^a   Ohl, Dana A ^a   Sigman, Mark ^b   Smith, Gary D ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assays; Etiologies; Sperm, DNA Damage

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANILINE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA INTEGRATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649236141     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-009-9359-x     Document Type: Review

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