IVF Training has developed a list of references, some of which are used as a reference source throughout IVF e-Learning modules. You are welcome to use this reference or the PDF library as an alternative tool for online learning. Access is unrestricted and new links are welcome especially from manufacturers and clinics.
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Pons, I., Cercas, R., Villas, C. et al. One abstinence day decreases sperm DNA fragmentation in 90 % of selected patients. J Assist Reprod Genet 30, 1211–1218 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-013-0089-8
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ESHRE PGT-SR/PGT-A Working Group, Edith Coonen, Carmen Rubio, Dimitra Christopikou, Eftychia Dimitriadou, Julia Gontar, Veerle Goossens, Maria Maurer, Francesca Spinella, Nathalie Vermeulen, Martine De Rycke, ESHRE PGT Consortium good practice recommendations for the detection of structural and numerical chromosomal aberrations, Human Reproduction Open, Volume 2020, Issue 3, 2020, hoaa017, https://doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hoaa017
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