Sperm DNA fragmentation testing reveals the overall quality of a semen sample

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
² American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
⁴ ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Referral Center for Male Reproduction, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

Editorial

Chak-Lam Cho et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;6(Suppl 4):S513-S515.

doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.06.22.

¹ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
² American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
⁴ ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Referral Center for Male Reproduction, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Utility of sperm DNA fragmentation testing in different clinical scenarios of male reproductive abnormalities and its influence in natural and assisted reproduction.
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