Open AccessGenetic damage in oligozoospermic patients detected by fluorescence in-situ hybridization, inverse restriction site mutation assay, sperm chromatin structure assay and the Comet assay
Author(s) -
Thomas E. Schmid
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deg259
Subject(s) - biology , sperm , male infertility , chromatin , fluorescence in situ hybridization , andrology , aneuploidy , comet assay , infertility , genetics , dna damage , microbiology and biotechnology , chromosome , dna , gene , medicine , pregnancy
The possibility that oligozoospermic men may have elevated levels of genetic damage in their sperm is of particular concern as they could transmit defects to their offspring.
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