DNA fragmentation in brighter sperm predicts male fertility independently from age and semen parameters

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 582-590.e4

  Muratori, Monica ^a   Marchiani, Sara ^a   Tamburrino, Lara ^a   Cambi, Marta ^a   Lotti, Francesco ^a   Natali, Ilaria ^b   Filimberti, Erminio ^c   Noci, Ivo ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a   Maggi, Mario ^a   Baldi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Seminology Laboratory Azienda USL3 Pistoia   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

male fertility; natural conception; Sperm DNA fragmentation; TUNEL PI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TUNEL ASSAY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FERTILITY; GENETICS; INFERTILITY, MALE; PATERNAL AGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PATERNAL AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84940721071     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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