Measuring Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Clinical Outcomes of Medically Assisted Reproduction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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Published in PLoS One on November 10, 2016

Authors

Maartje Cissen1, Madelon van Wely2, Irma Scholten2, Steven Mansell3, Jan Peter de Bruin1, Ben Willem Mol4, Didi Braat5, Sjoerd Repping2, Geert Hamer2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
2: Center for Reproductive Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
3: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
4: The Robinson Institute/School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
5: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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