Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 523-525 , August 2007

Sperm selection by swim-up in terms of deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation as measured by the sperm chromatin dispersion test is altered in heavy smokers

  • Thamara Viloria, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Thamara Viloria, Ph.D., Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, In Vitro Vertilization Laboratory, Plaza de la Policía Local 3, Valencia 46015, Spain (FAX: 34-96-305-0999).
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  • Nicolás Garrido, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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  • José Luis Fernández, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Sección de Genetica y Unidad de Investigación, Hospital “Teresa Herrera,” Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, A Coruña, Spain
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  • José Remohí, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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  • Antonio Pellicer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain
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  • Marcos Meseguer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad, Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Received 7 April 2006 ,Revised 16 August 2006 ,Accepted 21 November 2006.

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 Supported by Xunta de Galicia grant PGIDIT 04BTF916023PR.

PII: S0015-0282(06)04679-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.135

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 523-525 , August 2007

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