Cryopreservation of human spermatozoa decreases the number of motile normal spermatozoa, induces nuclear vacuolization and chromatin decondensation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1371-1378

  Boitrelle, Florence ^a,b   Albert, Martine ^a,b   Theillac, Claire ^a,b   Ferfouri, Fatma ^a,b   Bergere, Marianne ^a,b   Vialard, Francois ^a,b   Wainer, Robert ^a,b   Bailly, Marc ^a,b   Selva, Jacqueline ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^b Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin condensation; Icsi; Imsi; Msome; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HIGH MAGNIFICATION MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84874409765     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.112.016980     Document Type: Article

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