Characterisation of a subpopulation of sperm with massive nuclear damage, as recognised with the sperm chromatin dispersion test

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 602-609

  Gosalvez J ^a   Rodriguez Predreira M ^b   Mosquera, A ^b   Lopez Fernandez C ^a   Esteves, S C ^c   Agarwal, A ^d   Fernandez J L ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^c ANDROFERT Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic   (Brazil)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Centro Oncologico de Galicia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degraded sperm; Sperm chromatin dispersion test; Sperm DNA fragmentation; Sperm subpopulation; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; CHROMATIN;

ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION ASSAY; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; SPERM CHROMATIN DISPERSION TEST; SPERMATOZOON; VARICOCELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TUNEL ASSAY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; COMET ASSAY; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84891555810     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12118     Document Type: Article

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