Processes involved in assisted reproduction technologies significantly increase sperm DNA fragmentation and phosphatidylserine translocation

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 86-97

  Balasuriya, A ^a   Serhal, P ^b   Doshi, A ^b   Harper, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technologies; DNA fragmentation; Phosphatidylserine; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; SPERMATOZOA;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FREEZING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84893467071     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12052     Document Type: Article

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