Effect of liquid nitrogen vapor storage on the motility, viability, morphology, deoxyribonucleic acid integrity, and mitochondrial potential of frozen-thawed human spermatozoa

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2736-2741

  Lim, Jung Jin ^a   Shin, Tai Eun ^a   Song, Seung Hun ^a   Bak, Chong Won ^a   Yoon, Tae Ki ^a   Lee, Dong Ryul ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; human semen; Storage in LN2 vapor

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE; DNA; LIQUID NITROGEN; RHODAMINE 123;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING;

ADULT; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FREEZING; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; NITROGEN; PHASE TRANSITION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650186372     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.02.051     Document Type: Article

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