Diagnostic accuracy of sperm DNA degradation index (DDSi) as a potential noninvasive biomarker to identify men with varicocele-associated infertility

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1471-1477

  Esteves, Sandro C ^a   Gosálvez, Jaime ^b   López Fernández, Carmen ^b   Núñez Calonge, Rocío ^c   Caballero, Pedro ^c   Agarwal, Ashok ^d   Fernández, José Luis ^e,f  

^a Androfert   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Clinica Tambre   (Spain)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Unidad de Genética   (Spain)

^f Centro Oncologico de Galicia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; ROC curve; Sperm chromatin dispersion test; Sperm DNA fragmentation; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL DNA; SPERMATOZOAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPERM CHROMATIN DISPERSION TEST; SPERM DNA DEGRADATION INDEX; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; VARICOCELE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; INFERTILITY, MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ROC CURVE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84940436294     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-015-1053-6     Document Type: Article

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