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Protective effects of coenzyme Q10 and aspartic acid on oxidative stress and DNA damage in subjects affected by idiopathic asthenozoospermia

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Acknowledgments

No external funding, apart from the support of the Polytechnic University of Marche, was available for this study. The authors wish to thank Dr. Anna Tangorra for skillful technical assistance.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, School of Medicine, Umberto I Hospital, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Tronto 10/A, 60126, Ancona, Italy

    Giacomo Tirabassi, Eddi Buldreghini & Giancarlo Balercia

  2. Department of Odontostomatologic and Specialized Clinical Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

    Arianna Vignini, Luca Tiano, Francesca Brugè, Sonia Silvestri, Patrick Orlando & Laura Mazzanti

  3. Laboratory of Biochemistry, ADIPHARM, Sant’Antimo, Naples, Italy

    Antimo D’Aniello

  4. Andrology, Pathophysiology of Reproduction and Endocrine Diagnosis Unit, Policlinic Umberto I, University of Rome ‘‘La Sapienza’’, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Lenzi

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Tirabassi, G., Vignini, A., Tiano, L. et al. Protective effects of coenzyme Q10 and aspartic acid on oxidative stress and DNA damage in subjects affected by idiopathic asthenozoospermia. Endocrine 49, 549–552 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-014-0432-6

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