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Original Article

Evaluation of the relation between preapoptotic sperm rate in ejaculate and intrauterine insemination success rate in patients with unexplained infertility

Gokhan BoyrazDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Correspondence[email protected]
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Ilker SelcukDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey;
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Lale K. SokmensuerDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey;
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Gurkan BozdagDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; ;Division of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey;
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Roelof MenkveldDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Tygerberg, South Africa
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Serdar GunalpDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; ;Division of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey;
Pages 980-983 | Received 18 Jan 2015, Accepted 26 Apr 2016, Published online: 10 Sep 2016

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