Relationships between human sperm protamines, DNA damage and assisted reproduction outcomes

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 724-734

  Simon, Luke ^a   Castillo, Judit ^b,c   Oliva, Rafael ^b,c   Lewis, Sheena E M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

alkaline Comet assay; clinical pregnancy; embryo quality; fertilization rate; P1 P2 ratio; sperm DNA fragmentation

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE;

ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROTAMINES; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 82855172054     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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