Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1344-1346, October 2009

Sperm chromatin anomalies have an adverse effect on the outcome of conventional in vitro fertilization: a study with strictly controlled external factors

  • Long-Jie Gu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Male Clinical Research, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, People's Republic of China
    • Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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  • Zhen-Wen Chen, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Male Clinical Research, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Zhen-Wen Chen, Department of Male Clinical Research, National Research Institute for Family Planning, 12 Dahuisi Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China (FAX: 86-10-62173650).
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  • Zi-Jiang Chen, Ph.D., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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  • Jian-Feng Xu, M.Med.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Male Clinical Research, National Research Institute for Family Planning, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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  • Mei Li, M.Med.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China

Received 16 January 2009; received in revised form 5 March 2009; accepted 6 March 2009. published online 14 April 2009.

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 L.-J.G. has nothing to disclose. Z.-W.C. has nothing to disclose. Z.-J.C. has nothing to disclose. J.-F.X. has nothing to disclose. M.L. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00596-2

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.031

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 4 , Pages 1344-1346, October 2009