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Fertility & Reproduction, 2023 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Infertility in males contributes to about 40% of cases of infertility in couples, either as the main factor or along with female factors.
Nurul Hikmawati +3 more
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Sperm DNA fragmentation and recurrent pregnancy loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Fertility and Sterility, 2019 OBJECTIVE To investigate the rate of sperm DNA fragmentation in male partners of women with recurrent pregnancy loss and fertile control women. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING Not applicable.
D. McQueen, John Z. H. Zhang, J. Robins
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European Urology Focus, 2021 Accumulating evidence has highlighted the contribution of oxidative stress and sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) in the pathophysiology of male infertility.
T. Tharakan +10 more
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Asian Journal of Andrology, 2022 Semen analysis has long been used to evaluate male fertility. Recently, several sperm function tests have been developed. Of those, the sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI), which describes the status of the sperm DNA, is thought to be a suitable ...
Akiyoshi Osaka +8 more
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Testicular cancer and sperm DNA damage: short- and long-term effects of antineoplastic treatment [PDF]
, 2015 The aim of this study was to investigate sperm DNA damage induced by chemo- and radiotherapy in patients with testicular cancer to provide data on the extent and persistence of nuclear damage that might affect individual reproductive potential.
F. Rizzo +7 more
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An update on clinical and surgical interventions to reduce sperm DNA fragmentation in infertile men
Andrology, 2020 Sperm chromatin integrity is essential for normal embryo development and pregnancy outcome. Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) testing constitutes a diagnostic tool to measure the proportion of spermatozoa with damaged chromatin in the ejaculate.
S. Esteves, D. Santi, M. Simoni
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Future direction in sperm DNA fragmentation testing [PDF]
Translational Andrology and Urology, 2017 Dr. Rey, in his commentary (1), has provided us with a comprehensive summary of the practice recommendations proposed by Agarwal et al . (2) with additional discussion on the basic physiology of sperm DNA structure.
Cho, Chak-Lam +3 more
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Effect of season on the dynamics of cat sperm DNA fragmentation
BMC Veterinary Research, 2023 Background Feline species undergo reproductive seasonality; thus, sperm characteristics, such as DNA integrity, can be affected by the photoperiod. This study was conducted to determine the effect of seasonal changes on sperm quality and on the dynamics ...
Victoria Luño +3 more
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Effect of metabolic and antioxidant supplementation on sperm parameters in oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia, with and without varicocele: a double-blind placebo-controlled study [PDF]
, 2018 Since sperm require high energy levels to perform their specialised function, it is vital that essential nutrients are available for spermatozoa when they develop, capacitate and acquire motility.
Agarwal, A. +8 more
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Scientific ReportsThe role of sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) in investigating fertility, embryonic development, and pregnancy is of academic interest. However, there is ongoing controversy regarding the impact of DFI on pregnancy outcomes and the safety of offspring ...
Fei Li +3 more
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