Live birth must be the primary reproductive endpoint in IVF/ICSI studies evaluating sperm DNA fragmentation testing

Sandro C Esteves^{1

2}, Ashok Agarwal³, Ahmad Majzoub⁴

Affiliations

¹ ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Referral Center for Male Reproduction, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
² Division of Urology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
³ American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Editorial

Sandro C Esteves et al. Transl Androl Urol. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;6(Suppl 4):S564-S565.

doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.04.34.

Sandro C Esteves^{1

2}, Ashok Agarwal³, Ahmad Majzoub⁴

¹ ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Referral Center for Male Reproduction, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
² Division of Urology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
³ American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

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

Some relevant points on sperm DNA fragmentation tests.
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