Clinical Application of Sperm Chromatin Structure Assessment in Andrology Patients

摘要: textabstractInfertility, defined as the inability to conceive spontaneously within one year, is a common medical problem. Traditionally, fertility investigations initially focus on evaluation of ovulation and tubal patency in females, assessment of sperm quantity and quality males. In about third couples with infertility abnormalities classic semen parameters are found, like concentration, motility morphology. another one patients combination infertility-related female male factors are seen (WHO 1999). Although derived from classic semen analysis frequently used categorise infertile patients, prognostic and diagnostic information they provide limited predictive power that highest at the lower ranges spectrum (Barratt et al. 2010).