Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 6 , Pages 2037-2042 , November 2010

Relationship of reactive oxygen species levels in day 3 culture media to the outcome of in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles

Presented in part at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, October 13–17, 2007, Washington, DC.

  • Mohamed A. Bedaiwy, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Reda Z. Mahfouz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, & Ob-Gyn and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Jeffrey M. Goldberg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, & Ob-Gyn and Women'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, & Ob-Gyn and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Tommaso Falcone, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, & Ob-Gyn and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Mohamed F. Abdel Hafez, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, & Ob-Gyn and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, & Ob-Gyn and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., Director, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195 (FAX: 216-445-6049).

Received 2 August 2009 ,Revised 3 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 December 2009.

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 M.A.B. has nothing to disclose. R.Z.M. has nothing to disclose. J.M.G. has nothing to disclose. R.S. has nothing to disclose. T.F. has nothing to disclose. M.F.A.H. has nothing to disclose. A.A. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)04206-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.020

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 6 , Pages 2037-2042 , November 2010

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