Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 1 , Pages 61-67 , July 2009

The impact of peritoneal fluid from healthy women and from women with endometriosis on sperm DNA and its relationship to the sperm deformity index

  • Gihan Mansour, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Nabil Aziz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Rakesh Sharma, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Tommaso Falcone, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Jeffery Goldberg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., H.C.L.D., Professor and Director, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Staff, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute and Obstetrics/Gynecology and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A19.1, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 (FAX: 216-636-3118).

Received 31 March 2008 ,Revised 2 May 2008 ,Accepted 15 May 2008.

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 G.M. has nothing to disclose. N.A. has nothing to disclose. R.S. has nothing to disclose. T.F. has nothing to disclose. J.G. has nothing to disclose. A.A. has nothing to disclose.

 Presented at the 63rd Annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, which was held in Washington, D.C., on October 13–17, 2007.

 Research support provided by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Research Programs Committee (RPC 2006-1035), Cleveland Clinic.

PII: S0015-0282(08)01159-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.048

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 1 , Pages 61-67 , July 2009

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