Assessing sperm chromatin and DNA damage: Clinical importance and development of standards

Andrology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 322-325

  Zini, A ^a   Albert, O ^a   Robaire, B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin packaging; IVF; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CHROMOMYCIN A3; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; CHROMATIN;

8 HYDROXY 2 DEOXYGUANOSINE SLIDE; ANEUPLOIDY; ANILINE BLUE ASSAY; APOPTOSIS; BIRTH DEFECT; CELL ASSAY; CHROMATIN; CHROMOMYCIN A3 TEST; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERM CHROMATIN DISPERSION TEST; SPERM CHROMATIN STRUCTURE ASSAY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TIME TO PREGNANCY; GENETICS; MALE; SPERMATOZOON;

CHROMATIN; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84899063066     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00193.x     Document Type: Review

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