Lopes, Ana Catarina http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0104-8199
Oliveira, Pedro Fontes http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4989-5699
Pinto, Soraia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8810-1978
Almeida, Carolina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9809-0651
Pinho, Maria João http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3142-4351
Sá, Rosália http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6551-3822
Rocha, Eduardo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9813-4389
Barros, Alberto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8700-3698
Sousa, Mário http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3009-3290
Article History
Received: 30 December 2019
Accepted: 20 July 2020
First Online: 7 August 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: The procedures of the infertility clinic CGR A.Barros are under the determinations of the National Law on Medically Assisted Procreation (Law of 2017) and supervised by the National Council on Medically Assisted Procreation (CNPMA-2018). According to these rules and guidelines, the use of clinic databases and patient biological material for diagnosis and research can be used without further ethical approval, under strict individual anonymity, and after patient written informed consent. Regarding the use of semen samples for laboratorial experimentation at ICBAS-UP, the Ethics Committee authorization number is Project 2019/CE/P017 (266/CETI/ICBAS).
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.