Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 2210-2220 , May 2009

Evaluation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage (cPARP) in ejaculated human sperm fractions after induction of apoptosis

  • 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
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  • Kerstin Poenicke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Andrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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  • Rajesh Jha, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Andrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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  • Sonja Grunewald, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Andrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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  • 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, Staff, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A19.1, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 (FAX: 216-445-6049).

Received 30 January 2008 ,Revised 28 February 2008 ,Accepted 28 February 2008.

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 R.M. has nothing to disclose. R.S. has nothing to disclose. P.K. has nothing to disclose. R.J. has nothing to disclose. U.P. has nothing to disclose. S.G. has nothing to disclose. A.A. has nothing to disclose.

 Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Washington, DC, October 13–19, 2007.

 Supported by a research grant from the Research Programs Committee, Cleveland Clinic (RPC no. 1067, IRB 8530).

PII: S0015-0282(08)00562-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.173

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5, Supplement , Pages 2210-2220 , May 2009

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