Ramírez, Nicolás http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9762-5637
Estofán, Gustavo
Tissera, Andrea
Molina, Rosa
Luque, Eugenia Mercedes http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9726-9046
Torres, Pedro Javier http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7825-5623
Mangeaud, Arnaldo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-7256
Martini, Ana Carolina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3063-5640
Article History
Received: 19 February 2021
Accepted: 7 July 2021
First Online: 29 July 2021
Declarations
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: Since this study included non-invasive procedures and the semen samples were voluntarily provided by patients and kept rigorously anonymous, approval by an institutional review board was not mandatory. Principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki regarding human experimentation were met. Furthermore, the andrology laboratory and the research institute, as well as their head researchers, are certified by the local authority committee (Consejo de Evaluación Ética de Investigación en Salud –COEIS- and Registro Provincial de Investigación en Salud –RePis-), corresponding to Centers number 122 and 109, respectively and researchers number 501 and 1055, respectively.
: All the patients included in this study signed written informed consent allowing the use of their data for statistical and scientific purposes.
: All the authors agree with the final version of the manuscript and consent its publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.