The place of sperm DNA fragmentation testing in current day fertility management

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-82

  Lewis, Sheena E M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ART outcomes; ART success; Benefits of testing sperm DNA; Limitations of semen analysis; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; NOTE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM CHROAMTIN DISPERSION TEST; SPERM DNA FRAGMENTATION TESTING;

EID: 84876962958     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: 20903251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mefs.2013.01.010     Document Type: Note

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