Routine cryopreservation of spermatozoa is safe--evidence from the DNA methylation pattern of nine spermatozoa genes.

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Published in J Assist Reprod Genet on June 13, 2012

Authors

Ruth Kläver1, Andreas Bleiziffer, Klaus Redmann, Con Mallidis, Sabine Kliesch, Jörg Gromoll

Author Affiliations

1: Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Clinics Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Muenster, Germany.

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