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Comment
. 2017 Sep;6(Suppl 4):S532-S534.
doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.02.05.

Clinical utility of sperm DNA fragmentation testing: article overview: Practice Recommendations of Sperm DNA Fragmentation Testing: Expert Commentaries by Invited Authors and Replies by Guest Editors Contributors from Europe

Jaime Gosálvez  1
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Clinical utility of sperm DNA fragmentation testing: article overview: Practice Recommendations of Sperm DNA Fragmentation Testing: Expert Commentaries by Invited Authors and Replies by Guest Editors Contributors from Europe

Jaime Gosálvez. Transl Androl Urol. 2017 Sep.
No abstract available

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Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Two dimensional comet assay in a “degraded” spermatozoa of a varicocele patient showing the presence of massive single and double-stranded DNA breakage.
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  • Understanding sperm DNA fragmentation.
    Majzoub A, Agarwal A, Esteves SC. Majzoub A, et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2017 Sep;6(Suppl 4):S535-S538. doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.04.27. Transl Androl Urol. 2017. PMID: 29082959 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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