Activation of the immune system and sperm DNA fragmentation are associated with idiopathic oligoasthenoteratospermia in men with couple subfertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Pelliccione, Fiore ^a   D'Angeli, Anatolia ^a   Cinque, Benedetta ^a   Falone, Stefano ^a   Micillo, Alessandro ^a   Francavilla, Felice ^a   Amicarelli, Fernanda ^a   Gandini, Loredana ^b   Francavilla, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

FACS analysis; Macrophages; male infertility; sperm DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; DNA; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ECHIDNA; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERM DNA FRAGMENTATION; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 79959696750     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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