Is there an association between HOST grades and sperm quality? | Zendy

Farzaneh Bassiri | Zendy; Marziyeh Tavalaee | Zendy; Abdol Hossein Shiravi | Zendy; Sepideh Mansouri | Zendy; Mohammad Hossein NasrEsfahani | Zendy

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Is there an association between HOST grades and sperm quality?

Author(s) -

Farzaneh Bassiri,

Marziyeh Tavalaee,

Abdol Hossein Shiravi,

Sepideh Mansouri,

Mohammad Hossein NasrEsfahani

Publication year - 2012

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/des155

Subject(s) - association (psychology) , host (biology) , sperm , sperm quality , biology , genetics , psychology , psychotherapist

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is the primary treatment for male infertility. However for this procedure, with the exception of visual morphological selection, there is no standardization for sperm selection. Recently, the hypo-osmotic swelling test (HOST) has been proposed to potentially select sperm with intact membranes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability of this technique to select functional sperm in terms of apoptosis and morphology, as well as nuclear integrity.

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