Double Stranded Sperm DNA Breaks, Measured by Comet Assay, Are Associated with Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage in Couples without a Female Factor

Jordi Ribas-Maynou; Agustín García-Peiró; Alba Fernandez-Encinas; Maria José Amengual; Elena Prada; Pilar Cortés; Joaquima Navarro; Jordi Benet

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044679

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Double Stranded Sperm DNA Breaks, Measured by Comet Assay, Are Associated with Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage in Couples without a Female Factor

Jordi Ribas-Maynou,

Affiliations Càtedra de Recerca Eugin-UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, Departament de Biologia Cel lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Agustín García-Peiró,

Affiliations Càtedra de Recerca Eugin-UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, Departament de Biologia Cel lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Alba Fernandez-Encinas,

Affiliations Càtedra de Recerca Eugin-UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, Departament de Biologia Cel lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Maria José Amengual,

Affiliation UDIAT, Centre Diagnòstic. Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí. Sabadell. Institut Universitari Parc Taulí – UAB, Sabadell, Spain
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Elena Prada,

Affiliation Servei de Ginecologia, Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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Pilar Cortés,

Affiliation Departament de Genética i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Joaquima Navarro,

Affiliations Càtedra de Recerca Eugin-UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, Departament de Biologia Cel lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Jordi Benet

* E-mail: jordi.benet@uab.cat

Affiliations Càtedra de Recerca Eugin-UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, Departament de Biologia Cel lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Double Stranded Sperm DNA Breaks, Measured by Comet Assay, Are Associated with Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage in Couples without a Female Factor

Jordi Ribas-Maynou,
Agustín García-Peiró,
Alba Fernandez-Encinas,
Maria José Amengual,
Elena Prada,
Pilar Cortés,
Joaquima Navarro,
Jordi Benet

Published: September 17, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044679

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Publisher's Note: Error in Figure 1.

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