Sperm morphology assessment using strict criteria and male fertility under in-vivo conditions of conception

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 139-146

  Eggert Kruse, Waltraud ^a   Schwarz, Heike ^a   Rohr, Gerhard ^a   Demirakca, Traute ^a   Tilgen, Wolfgang ^a   Runnebaum, Benno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Male fertility; Sperm function; Sperm morphology; Sperm mucus interaction; Strict criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030029780     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019007     Document Type: Article

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