DNA damage in spermatozoa from infertile men with varicocele evaluated by sperm chromatin dispersion and DBD-FISH

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 189-196

  Cortés Gutiérrez, Elva I ^a   Dávila Rodríguez, Martha I ^a   Fernández, José Luis ^b,c   López Fernández, Carmen ^d   Aragón Tovar, Anel R ^a   Urbina Bernal, Luis C ^a   Gosálvez, Jaime ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^c Centro Oncologico de Galicia   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA breakage detection fluorescence in situ hybridization, DBD FISH; DNA fragmentation; Human sperm; Sperm chromatin dispersion; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

DNA; CHROMATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA BREAKAGE DETECTION FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPERM CHROMATIN DISPERSION; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VARICOCELE; CHROMATIN; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; INFERTILITY, MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84952861609     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-015-3822-y     Document Type: Article

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