Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 965-972 , April 2004

Influence of deoxyribonucleic acid damage on fertilization and pregnancy

  • Ralf Henkel, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Dermatology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ralf Henkel, Ph.D., Center for Dermatology and Andrology, Gaffkystrasse 14, D-35385 Giessen, Germany (FAX: 49-641-9943368).
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  • Marjam Hajimohammad

      Affiliations

    • Center for Dermatology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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  • Thomas Stalf, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Giessen, Germany
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  • Christiaan Hoogendijk, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Biology Unit, Tygerberg Hospital and University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa
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  • Claas Mehnert, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Giessen, Germany
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  • Roelof Menkveld, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Biology Unit, Tygerberg Hospital and University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa
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  • Holger Gips, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Giessen, Germany
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  • Wolf-Bernhard Schill, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Dermatology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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  • Thinus F Kruger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Biology Unit, Tygerberg Hospital and University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa

Received 1 May 2003 ,Revised 3 September 2003 ,Accepted 3 September 2003.

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☆ Supported by research grant no. I/76 810 of the Volkswagen Stiftung, Hannover, Germany.

PII: S0015-0282(03)03186-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.09.044

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 965-972 , April 2004

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