Characterization of sperm DNA damage in Kartagener's syndrome with recurrent fertilization failure: Case revisited

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-75

  Nuñez, Rocio ^a   López Fernández, Carmen ^b   Arroyo, Francisca ^b   Caballero, Pedro ^a   Gosálvez, Jaime ^b  

^a Clinica Tambre   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andrology; Comet assay; Kartagener's syndrome; Male factor; Sperm chromatin dispersion; Sperm DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR SPERM ASPIRATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77951267307     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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