The price and value of sperm DNA fragmentation tests

Affiliations

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

Editorial

Ashok Agarwal et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;6(Suppl 4):S597-S599.

doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.06.08.

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

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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