Beneficial effect of microsurgical varicocelectomy on human sperm DNA integrity

Human Reproduction - Tập 20 Số 4 - Trang 1018-1021 - 2005
Armand Zini1, A. Blumenfeld2, Jamie Libman1, John Willis2
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, St Mary's Hospital, McGill University, 3830 Lacombe Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1M5 and
2Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Avenue, Suite 455, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada

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