Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 549-557 , July 2010

DNA fragmentation of normal spermatozoa negatively impacts embryo quality and intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome

  • Conrado Avendaño, M.S.
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  • Anahí Franchi, Ph.D.
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  • Hakan Duran, M.D.
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  • Sergio Oehninger, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sergio Oehninger, M.D., Ph.D., The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 601 Colley Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23507 (FAX: 757-446-8998).

Received 4 December 2008 ,Revised 2 February 2009 ,Accepted 16 February 2009.

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 C.A. has nothing to disclose. A.F. has nothing to disclose. H.D. has nothing to disclose. S.O. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00469-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.050

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 549-557 , July 2010

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