Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 784-788 , December 2009

Effect of vascular endothelial growth factor on sperm motility and survival

  • Ahmet Cem Iyibozkurt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence:
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  • Pelin Balcik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Sibel Bulgurcuoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Burcu Kardaş Arslan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Rükset Attar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yeditepe Medical Faculty, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Erkut Attar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 19 August 2008 ,Revised 20 February 2009 ,Accepted 24 June 2009.

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 Dr A Cem Iyibozkurt is currently working as a specialist and a fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey. After qualifying as MD at Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University he completed his Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Istanbul University in 2004. His thesis was on the comparative effect of selective COX-2 blockers and aspirin on three-dimensional cell cultures from endometriosis, endometrium and endometrial cancer. His special interests are gynaecologic cancer, endometriosis and cell cultures. Dr A Cem Iyibozkurt

PII: S1472-6483(09)00083-2

doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.09.019

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