Use of testicular sperm to combat the negative effects of DNA fragmentation

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 434-

  Kovac, Jason R ^a   Lipshultz, Larry I ^b  

^a Men's Health Center   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; NOTE; PROSTATE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM; GENETICS; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84969884510     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.179158     Document Type: Note

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