Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 789-794 , February 2010

Effect of thawing temperature on the motility recovery of cryopreserved human spermatozoa

  • Juan C. Calamera, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Estudios en Reproducción, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Mariano G. Buffone, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Gustavo F. Doncel, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Contraceptive Research and Development (CONRAD), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
    • ,
  • Santiago Brugo-Olmedo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Centro Medico Seremas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Sabrina de Vincentiis, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Centro Medico Seremas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Maria M. Calamera, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Estudios en Reproducción, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Bayard T. Storey, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Juan G. Alvarez, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Marques, Barcelona, Spain
    • Fundación Leonardo Marquès, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Professor Juan G. Alvarez, Instituto Marques, Manuel Girona, 33, 08034 Barcelona, Spain (FAX: 34-981918520).

Received 6 August 2008 ,Revised 5 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 October 2008.

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 J.C.C. has nothing to disclose. M.G.B. has nothing to disclose. G.F.D. has nothing to disclose. S.B.-O. has nothing to disclose. S.d.V. has nothing to disclose. M.M.C. has nothing to disclose. B.T.S. has nothing to disclose. J.G.A. has nothing to disclose.

 This study was supported by the Laboratorio de Estudios en Reproducción (internal research funds to J.C.C.) and CONRAD (USAID, to G.F.D.).

PII: S0015-0282(08)04283-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.021

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 789-794 , February 2010

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