Sperm telomere length as a parameter of sperm quality in normozoospermic men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1158-1163

  Rocca, M S ^a   Speltra, E ^a   Menegazzo, M ^a   Garolla, A ^a   Foresta, C ^a   Ferlin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation; male infertility; protamination; sperm quality; sperm telomere length

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMOZOOSPERMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PROTAMINATION; SPERM QUALITY; SPERM TELOMERE LENGTH; SPERM VITALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAINING; TELOMERE; TUNEL ASSAY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84973449425     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew061     Document Type: Article

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