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“no other test provides such reliable clinical data; thus, the medical literature refers to the as the GOLD STANDARD”
“ has been specifically designed for use with human spermatozoa and unlike some other techniques, there exists only one standard protocol that is highly reproducible....small variations in crucial steps of the can greatly affect measures of spermDNA fragmentation
“the has no recognised published clinical thresholds. Each group using it for research has different protocols and baseline values”
“these tests only give an ‘all or nothing’ value for the whole population of semen. Neither the nor the can give a measure of DNA damage in each sperm””
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