Quality of human spermatozoa: Relationship between high-magnification sperm morphology and DNA integrity

Andrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 547-555

  Maettner, R ^a   Sterzik, K ^a   Isachenko, V ^b   Strehler, E ^a   Rahimi, G ^b   Alabart, J L ^c   Sanchez R ^d   Mallmann, P ^b   Isachenko, E ^b  

^a Christian Lauritzen Institut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA integrity; Human; Morphology; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL SELECTION; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC MORPHOLOGICALLY SELECTED SPERM INJECTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOASTHENOTHERATOZOOSPERMIA; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84899646533     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12114     Document Type: Article

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