Genetic aspects of monomorphic teratozoospermia: a review

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 615-623

  De Braekeleer, Marc ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Minh Huong ^a,b,c   Morel, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Perrin, Aurore ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHU MORVAN   (France)

Author keywords

Globozoospermia; Macrozoospermia; Male infertility; Meiotic segregation; Molecular genetics; Sperm DNA fragmentation; Teratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MUTATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84939965816     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-015-0433-2     Document Type: Article

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