Comet assay: A prognostic tool for DNA integrity assessment in infertile men opting for assisted reproduction

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 675-681

  Shamsi, M B ^a   Venkatesh, S ^a   Tanwar, M ^a   Singh, G ^b   Mukherjee, S ^c   Malhotra, N ^d   Kumar, R ^c   Gupta, N P ^c   Mittal, S ^d   Dada, R ^a  

^a Departments of Anatomy   (India)

^b Air Force Central Medical Establishment   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d Departments of Urology   (India)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Comet assay; DNA damage; DNA fragmentation index; DNA integrity; Infertility; Recurrent spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROGNOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

COMET ASSAY; DNA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 77952407526     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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