Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1119-1126 , April 2009

Influence of sperm chromatin anomalies on assisted reproductive technology outcome

  • Marzeyeh Tavalaee, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Embryology and Andrology, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Shahnaz Razavi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Isfahan Medical University, Isfahan, Iran
    • ,
  • Mohammad H. Nasr-Esfahani, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Embryology and Andrology, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
    • Isfahan Fertility and Infertility Center, Isfahan, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Mohammad H. Nasr-Esfahani, Ph.D., Royan Institute, P.O. Box 19395-4644, Tehran, Iran (FAX: +98-311-2605525).

Received 17 October 2007 ,Revised 15 January 2008 ,Accepted 15 January 2008.

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 All authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00158-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.063

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1119-1126 , April 2009

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