Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1110-1118 , April 2009

Association of sperm apoptosis and DNA ploidy with sperm chromatin quality in human spermatozoa

  • Reda Z. Mahfouz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Research Center, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Rakesh K. Sharma, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Research Center, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Tamer M. Said, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Juris Erenpreiss, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Andrology Laboratory, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
    • ,
  • Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Research Center, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., H.C.L.D., Professor and Director, Reproductive Research Center, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A19.1, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH 44195 (FAX: 216-445-6049).

Received 14 November 2007 ,Revised 11 January 2008 ,Accepted 11 January 2008.

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 R.Z.M. has nothing to disclose. R.K.S. has nothing to disclose. T.M.S. has nothing to disclose. J.E. has nothing to disclose. A.A. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00142-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.047

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1110-1118 , April 2009

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