An increase of sperm chromosomal abnormalities affects your reproductive journey at three levels:
EMBRYO LEVEL:
Rodrigo et al., 2010.
PREGNANCY LEVEL:
Rubio et al., 2001.
OFFSPRING LEVEL:
This technique allows the detection of aneuploidy only for the chromosomes included in the test (13, 18, 21, X and Y). In very few ejaculated samples or testicular samples, there is not enough spermatozoa for a proper estimation of the risk of aneuploidy.
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