Effect of sperm DNA fragmentation on clinical outcome of frozen-thawed embryo transfer and on blastocyst formation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ni, Wuhua ^a   Xiao, Shiquan ^a   Qiu, Xiufang ^a   Jin, Jianyuan ^a   Pan, Chengshuang ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Fei, Qianjin ^a   Yang, Xu ^a   Zhang, Liya ^a   Huang, Xuefeng ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; FROZEN THAWED EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM DNA FRAGMENTATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ADULT; CYTOLOGY; FREEZING; METABOLISM; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84899623358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094956     Document Type: Article

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