Effects of oral antioxidant treatment upon the dynamics of human sperm DNA fragmentation and subpopulations of sperm with highly degraded DNA

Andrologia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-216

  Abad, C ^a   Amengual, M J ^b   Gosalvez J ^c   Coward, K ^d   Hannaoui, N ^a   Benet, J ^b   Garcia Peiro A ^b   Prats, J ^a  

^a PARC TAULÍ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DNA damage; Human spermatozoa; Infertility; L carnitine

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CARNITINE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERMATOZOA; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 84876816284     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12003     Document Type: Article

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