Sperm DNA integrity assays: Diagnostic and prognostic challenges and implications in management of infertility

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1073-1085

  Shamsi, Monis Bilal ^a   Imam, Syed Nazar ^a   Dada, Rima ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acridine orange test; Chromomycin A 3; Comet assay; Comet, TUNEL, SCSA; DNA integrity tests; Infertility, recurrent spontaneous abortion, assisted reproduction technique; Semen analysis; Sperm chromatin dispersion; Sperm DNA integrity; Toluidine blue staining

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CHROMOMYCIN A3; DNA; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMET ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM CHROMATIN DISPERSION TEST; SPERM DNA INTEGRITY ASSAY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84355162205     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-011-9631-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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