title: Evaluation of sperm damage: beyond the World Health Organization criteria.
abstract: Current knowledge of the molecular basis of male infertility that is associated with oxidative stress, apoptosis, and chromatin damage calls for changes in the laboratory assessment of the fertility potential of semen samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom. naziz@liv.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013076:Sperm Count / Q000379:methods*; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D014944:World Health Organization