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Effect of electromagnetic field exposure on the reproductive system

  • Gye, Myung-Chan;Park, Chan-Jin
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2012
  • The safety of human exposure to an ever-increasing number and diversity of electromagnetic field (EMF) sources both at work and at home has become a public health issue. To date, many in vivo and in vitro studies have revealed that EMF exposure can alter cellular homeostasis, endocrine function, reproductive function, and fetal development in animal systems. Reproductive parameters reported to be altered by EMF exposure include male germ cell death, the estrous cycle, reproductive endocrine hormones, reproductive organ weights, sperm motility, early embryonic development, and pregnancy success. At the cellular level, an increase in free radicals and $[Ca^{2+}]i$ may mediate the effect of EMFs and lead to cell growth inhibition, protein misfolding, and DNA breaks. The effect of EMF exposure on reproductive function differs according to frequency and wave, strength (energy), and duration of exposure. In the present review, the effects of EMFs on reproductive function are summarized according to the types of EMF, wave type, strength, and duration of exposure at cellular and organism levels.

Does Assisted Hatching (AH) Have a Benefit?

  • 박찬우;송현정;차선화;양광문;변혜경;최수진;김수경;궁미경
    • 대한생식의학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한불임학회 2004년도 제47차 추계학술대회
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    • pp.94-94
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    • 2004
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