Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 1792-1799 , November 2008

Sperm deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation as assessed by the sperm chromatin dispersion test in assisted reproductive technology programs: results of a large prospective multicenter study

  • Juan Felipe Velez de la Calle, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Unité In Vitro Fertilization, Clinique Pasteur Saint-Esprit, Brest, France
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  • Audrey Muller, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Human Fertility Research Group, Paul Sabatier University and Paule de Viguier Hospital, Toulouse, France
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  • Marie Walschaerts, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Human Fertility Research Group, Paul Sabatier University and Paule de Viguier Hospital, Toulouse, France
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  • Jean Louis Clavere, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Fécondation In Vitro, Bayonne, France
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  • Clément Jimenez, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service de Biologie de la Reproduction, University Hospital Dijon, Dijon, France
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  • Christiane Wittemer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service de Biologie de la Reproduction, Centre d'Assisted Reproductive Techiques, Maternity Department of University Hospital, Schiltigheim, France
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  • Patrick Thonneau, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Human Fertility Research Group, Paul Sabatier University and Paule de Viguier Hospital, Toulouse, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Patrick Thonneau, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., Human Fertility Research Group, Paul Sabatier University and Toulouse Hospital, 330 avenue de Grande Bretagne, 31059 Toulouse, France (FAX: +33 5 67 77 10 43).

Received 20 June 2007 ,Revised 12 September 2007 ,Accepted 12 September 2007.

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 Supported by Organon Laboratories (Puteaux Cedex, France).

PII: S0015-0282(07)03642-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.09.021

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 1792-1799 , November 2008

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