Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 991-1001 , September 2009

The DNA integrity of cryopreserved spermatozoa separated for use in assisted reproductive technology is unaffected by the type of cryoprotectant used but is related to the DNA integrity of the fresh separated preparation

  • Laura Kelly Thomson, B.Med.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility First, Hurstville, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Laura Kelly Thomson, B.Med.Sc., Fertility First, P.O. Box 807, Hurstville NSW 2220, Australia (FAX: 61-2-9586-3322).
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  • Steven Denis Fleming, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Lauren Schulke, M.Med.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility First, Hurstville, Australia
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  • Katrina Barone, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility First, Hurstville, Australia
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  • Julie-Anne Zieschang, M.Med.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility First, Hurstville, Australia
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  • Anne Melton Clark, M.P.S., M.B.C.H.B., F.R.C.O.G., F.R.A.N.Z.C.O.G., C.R.E.I.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility First, Hurstville, Australia

Received 28 April 2008 ,Revised 30 June 2008 ,Accepted 16 July 2008.

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 L.K.T. has nothing to disclose. S.D.F. has nothing to disclose. L.S. has nothing to disclose. K.B. has nothing to disclose. J.-A.Z. has nothing to disclose. A.M.C. has nothing to disclose.

 This study was fully funded and supported by Dr. Anne Clark, owner and medical director of Fertility First, as part of Ms. Thomson's Ph.D. studentship.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03273-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1747

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 991-1001 , September 2009

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