Evaluation of human sperm chromatin status after selection using a modified Diff-Quik stain indicates embryo quality and pregnancy outcomes following in vitro fertilization

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 830-837

  Tavares, R S ^a,b   Silva, A F ^a   Lourenco B ^a   Almeida Santos, T ^c,d   Sousa, A P ^a,c   Ramalho Santos, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ART fertility outcomes; Chromatin status; Diff Quik staining; Human spermatozoa; Sperm preparation techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DIFF QUIK STAINING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO QUALITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERM CHROMATIN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAINING; SWIM UP TECHNIQUE;

ART FERTILITY OUTCOMES; CHROMATIN STATUS; DIFF-QUIK STAINING; HUMAN SPERMATOZOA; SPERM PREPARATION TECHNIQUES;

ADULT; AZURE STAINS; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; XANTHENES;

EID: 84886438897     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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