A comprehensive investigation of sperm DNA damage and oxidative stress injury in infertile patients with subclinical, normozoospermic, and astheno/oligozoospermic clinical varicocoele

Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 816-824

  Ni, K ^a,b   Steger, K ^b   Yang, H ^c   Wang, H ^a   Hu, K ^a   Zhang, T ^a   Chen, B ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation index; male infertility; malondialdehyde; oxidative stress; varicocoele

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PROLACTIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERICAL VARICOCOELECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 84982171462     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12210     Document Type: Article

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