Journal article
Prevalence of abnormal sperm DNA denaturation in fertile and infertile men
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of abnormal sperm DNA denaturation (DD), a marker of sperm DNA integrity, in a group of fertile and infertile men.
METHODS: Eighty-eight nonazoospermic, infertile men and 13 fertile men underwent standard semen analysis and acridine orange sperm DNA integrity studies. Standard semen parameters (sperm concentration, motility, and morphology) and sperm DNA integrity (expressed as the percentage of spermatozoa …
Authors
Zini A; Fischer MA; Sharir S; Shayegan B; Phang D; Jarvi K
Journal
Urology, Vol. 60, No. 6, pp. 1069–1072
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2002
DOI
10.1016/s0090-4295(02)01975-1
ISSN
0090-4295