Age-related Decline in Sperm Deoxyribonucleic Acid Integrity in Patients Evaluated for Male Infertility

Overview

Journal Fertil Steril

Specialty Reproductive Medicine

Date 2006 Apr 6

PMID 16595239

Citations 39

Authors

Sergey I Moskovtsev

Jennifer Willis

J Brendan M Mullen

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship of male age and DNA integrity in men presenting for investigation of infertility. We found that men 45 years and older had significantly greater DNA fragmentation than younger men.

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