Open AccessThree hour abstinence as a treatment for high sperm DNA fragmentation: a prospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Michael H. Dahan,
Ginevra Mills,
Rabea Khoudja,
Abbie Gag,
Guan Huat Tan,
Seang Lin Tan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of assisted reproduction and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1573-7330
pISSN - 1058-0468
DOI - 10.1007/s10815-020-01999-w
Subject(s) - reproductive medicine , abstinence , dna fragmentation , prospective cohort study , medicine , human genetics , gynecology , sperm , cohort study , andrology , cohort , biology , genetics , pregnancy , psychiatry , apoptosis , programmed cell death , gene
This study sought to compare sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) in semen specimens after 3 days and then after 3 h of abstinence in men presenting for initial infertility evaluation.