The missing piece in management of infertile couple—clinical andrology
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American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China; Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Referral Center for Male Reproduction, Campinas, SP, Brazil Correspondence to: Ashok Agarwal. Professor and Director, American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Mail Code X-11, 10681 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Email: [email protected]. Response to: Kovac JR. Practical considerations for DNA fragmentation testing in the management of male fertility. Transl Androl Urol 2017;6:S479-80.
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