Measurement of sperm DNA fragmentation using bright-field microscopy: Comparison between sperm chromatin dispersion test and terminal uridine nick-end labeling assay

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1027-1032

  Zhang, Li Hong ^a   Qiu, Yi ^a   Wang, Ke Hua ^a   Wang, Qiuju ^b   Tao, Guozhen ^a   Wang, Lei Guang ^a  

^a Shandong Institute for Family Planning   (China)

^b Weifang Municipal Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

DNA integrity; in situ nick end labeling; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

URIDINE;

ARTICLE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM CHROMATIN DISPERSION TEST; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING;

ADULT; CELL SHAPE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77955575200     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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