Annexin V magnetic-activated cell sorting versus swim-up for the selection of human sperm in ART: Is the new approach better then the traditional one?

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1045-1051

  Nadalini, Marco ^a   Tarozzi, Nicoletta ^a   Di Santo, Marlea ^a   Borini, Andrea ^a  

^a Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annexin V; DNA fragmentation; Human sperm; MACS; Morphology; Motility

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; LIPOCORTIN 5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWIM UP SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; APOPTOSIS; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MAGNETISM; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; CELL SEPARATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MAGNETICS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84906318825     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0267-3     Document Type: Article

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