Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 97-103 , July 2008

Male age negatively impacts embryo development and reproductive outcome in donor oocyte assisted reproductive technology cycles

  • John L. Frattarelli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John L. Frattarelli, M.D, Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, 100 Franklin Square Drive, Suite 200, Somerset, NJ 08873 (FAX: 732-537-0134).
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  • Kathleen A. Miller, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey
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  • Bradley T. Miller, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of Michigan, Troy, Michigan
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  • Karen Elkind-Hirsch, M.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey
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  • Richard T. Scott Jr., M.D., HCLD

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey

Received 18 January 2007 ,Revised 10 May 2007 ,Accepted 5 June 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)01260-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.009

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 97-103 , July 2008

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