Insights on the predictive accuracy of the sperm DNA fragmentation tests on male infertility

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
² American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Referral Center for Male Reproduction, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

Editorial

Ahmad Majzoub et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;6(Suppl 4):S644-S646.

doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.05.09.

¹ Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
² American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ 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.

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