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Fluorimetric Techniques for the Assessment of Sperm Membranes
Published on: November 28, 2018
[Study on the relationship between the functional integrity of sperm membrane and seminal parameters related to CASA]
Yuan-Fang Ma1, Yu-Lan Wang, Hui-Ling Bai
1Institute of Andrology, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475001, China.
Objectives:
To evaluate the relationship between the functional integrity of sperm membrane and seminal parameters related to CASA.
Methods:
Thirty-eight fertile and one hundrend and twenty four infertile males were tested the functional integrity of sperm membrane by the kit and parameters by CASA.
Results:
There was a significant difference in the functional integrity of sperm membrane between fertile and infertile group (P < 0.01). The items related to CASA between normal and abnormal group in the functional integrity of sperm membrane had a remarkable difference, except motion degree, seminal volume and pH.
Conclusions:
To determine the functional integrity of sperm membrane can be used as a necessary supplementary method for CASA, and it has clinical significance in diagnosing, treating and researching male infertility.
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