Assessment of sperm chromatin condensation and ploidy status using flow cytometry correlates to fertilization, embryo quality and pregnancy following in vitro fertilization

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 885-891

  Lazaros, Leandros A ^a   Vartholomatos, Georgios A ^b   Hatzi, Elissavet G ^a   Kaponis, Apostolos I ^a   Makrydimas, Georgios V ^a   Kalantaridou, Sophia N ^a   Sofikitis, Nikolaos V ^a   Stefos, Theodoros Ioannis ^a   Zikopoulos, Konstantinos A ^a   Georgiou, Ioannis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; IVF outcome; Pregnancy rate; Sperm chromatin condensation; Sperm ploidy status

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ABORTION; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLOIDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PLOIDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84355162243     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-011-9611-z     Document Type: Article

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