Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 6 , Pages 2141-2146 , November 2010

Semen characteristics and sperm DNA fragmentation in infertile men with low and high levels of seminal reactive oxygen species

Received 6 October 2009 ,Revised 4 December 2009 ,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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 R.M. has nothing to disclose. R.S. has nothing to disclose. A.T. has nothing to disclose. V.K. has nothing to disclose. V.G. has nothing to disclose. E.S. has nothing to disclose. A.A. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by a grant from the Research Program Committee of the Cleveland Clinic.

PII: S0015-0282(09)04216-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.030

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 6 , Pages 2141-2146 , November 2010

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