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Yue Zhou1, Juan Wang1,2, Fan Zhang3

  • 1Institute of Medical Sciences, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Key Laboratory of Fertility Preservation and Maintenance of Ministry of Education, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.

Scientific reports
|November 29, 2024
PubMed
概括

变水显著增加了精子DNA损伤,通过DNA碎片化指数 (DFI),精子DNA破裂的平均数量 (MDB) 和精液等离子体中的自由DNA碎片 (fDFA) 来衡量. 结合MDB和fDFA在男性不孕症病例中提供了更有效的生育预测.

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