Are sperm chromatin and DNA defects relevant in the clinic?

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Zini, Armand ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

insemination; male infertility; miscarriage; pregnancy; sperm DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SCREENING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPERM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78651379641     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2010.515704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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