Micronuclei and their association with sperm abnormalities, infertility, pregnancy loss, pre-eclampsia and intra-uterine growth restriction in humans

Mutagenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Fenech, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE INFERTILITY; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATID; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78650667913     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geq084     Document Type: Review

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