Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 2 , Pages 819-827, August 2009

Evaluation of chemiluminescence and flow cytometry as tools in assessing production of hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion in human spermatozoa

  • Reda Mahfouz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, and Ob-Gyn and Woman's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Rakesh Sharma, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, and Ob-Gyn and Woman's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Jakob Lackner, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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  • Nabil Aziz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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  • Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., H.C.L.D.

      Affiliations

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

Received 25 March 2008; received in revised form 12 May 2008; accepted 27 May 2008. published online 19 August 2008.

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 R.M. has nothing to disclose. R.S. has nothing to disclose. J.L. has nothing to disclose. N.A. 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 13–19, 2007.

 Supported by a research grant from the Research Programs Committee, Cleveland Clinic (RPC no. 07549).

PII: S0015-0282(08)01246-6

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.087

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 2 , Pages 819-827, August 2009