Integrity of human sperm dna assessed by the neutral comet assay and its relationship to semen parameters and clinical outcomes for the ivf-et program

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Chi, Hee Jun ^a   Chung, Da Yeon ^a   Choi, Soon Young ^a   Kim, Jong Hyun ^b   Kim, Gi Young ^b   Lee, Jae Seok ^b   Lee, Hee Sun ^b   Kim, Myung Hee ^b   Roh, Sung Il ^b  

^a ART research Center   (South Korea)

^b Mizmedi Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Comet assay; Human; Semen analysis; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864758843     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2011.38.1.10     Document Type: Article

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