Intervention improves assisted conception intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes for patients with high levels of sperm DNA fragmentation: a retrospective analysis

Andrology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 903-910

  Bradley, C K ^a   McArthur, S J ^a   Gee, A J ^a   Weiss, K A ^a   Schmidt, U ^b   Toogood, L ^a  

^a Genea   (Australia)

^b Genea Biocells   (Australia)

Author keywords

male infertility; SCIT; sperm chromatin integrity test; sperm DNA fragmentation; testicular sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; FERTILIZATION; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM ASPIRATION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

EID: 84982179602     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12215     Document Type: Article

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