Measuring sperm DNA fragmentation and clinical outcomes of medically assisted reproduction: A systematic review and meta analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Cissen, Maartje ^a   Van Wely, Madelon ^b   Scholten, Irma ^b   Mansell, Steven ^c   De Bruin, Jan Peter ^a   Mol, Ben Willem ^d   Braat, Didi ^e   Repping, Sjoerd ^b   Hamer, Geert ^b  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM CHROMATIN DISPERSION; SPERM DNA FRAGMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUNEL ASSAY; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON;

CHROMATIN;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHROMATIN; COMET ASSAY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84994744878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165125     Document Type: Article

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