Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1801-1805 , May 2009

Correlation between DNA damage and sperm parameters: a prospective study of 1,633 patients

  • Paul Cohen-Bacrie, Dr.Pharm.

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    • Laboratoire d'Eylau, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Paul Cohen-Bacrie, Dr.Pharm., Laboratoire d'Eylau, 55 rue Saint Didier, 75116, Paris, France (FAX: 33957799422).
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  • Stephanie Belloc, Dr.Pharm.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d'Eylau, Paris, France
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  • Yves J.R. Ménézo, Ph.D., Dr.Sci.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d'Eylau, Paris, France
    • ATL R&D, La Verrière, France
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  • Patrice Clement, Dr.Pharm.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Clement, Le Blanc Mesnil, France
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  • Jamal Hamidi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire Clement, Le Blanc Mesnil, France
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  • Moncef Benkhalifa, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • ATL R&D, La Verrière, France

Received 10 October 2007 ,Revised 25 January 2008 ,Accepted 25 January 2008.

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 P.C.-B. has nothing to disclose. S.B. has nothing to disclose. Y.J.R.M. has nothing to disclose. P.C. has nothing to disclose. J.H. has nothing to disclose. M.B. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00178-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.086

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1801-1805 , May 2009

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