Semen samples showing an increased rate of spermatozoa with imprinting errors have a negligible effect in the outcome of assisted reproduction techniques

Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1115-1124

  Camprubí, Cristina ^a   Pladevall, Marta ^a   Grossmann, Mark ^b   Garrido, Nicolás ^c   Pons, Maria Carme ^b   Blanco, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO MÉDICO TEKNON   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; DNA methylation; Imprinting; Male infertility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR IMPRINTING; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREGNANCY RATE; PYROSEQUENCING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867170716     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.21743     Document Type: Article

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