Alkaline and neutral Comet assay profiles of sperm DNA damage in clinical groups

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 652-658

  Ribas Maynou, J ^a   Garca Peir, A ^a   Abad, C ^b   Amengual, M J ^c   Navarro, J ^a   Benet, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Servei DUrologia   (Spain)

^c UDIAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

chromosomal rearrangement; Comet assay; DNA fragmentation; sperm; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84857210779     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der461     Document Type: Article

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