Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 798-804 , March 2009

Poor sperm quality affects clinical outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection in fresh and subsequent frozen–thawed cycles: potential paternal effects on pregnancy outcomes

  • Sun-Hee Lee, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Haengseok Song, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Medicine, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Yong-Seog Park, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Medicine, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Mi Kyoung Koong, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • In Ok Song, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jin Hyun Jun, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Medicine, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jin Hyun Jun, Ph.D., Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, 1-19 Mukjeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-380, South Korea (FAX: 82-2-2265-5621).

Received 17 September 2007 ,Revised 19 December 2007 ,Accepted 19 December 2007.

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 Authors S.-H.L. and H.S. contributed equally to the work and both should be considered to be the first author.

PII: S0015-0282(07)04346-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.061

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 798-804 , March 2009

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