Sperm chromatin structure correlates with spontaneous abortion and multiple pregnancy rates in assisted reproduction

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-276

  Kennedy, C ^a   Ahlering, P ^c   Rodriguez, H ^c   Levy, S ^c   Sutovsky, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; multiple births; SCSA; sperm chromatin structure assay; spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79951683606     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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