Assessment of sperm motion characteristics in infertile renal transplant recipients using computerized analysis

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 338-344

  Eid, M M ^a   Abdel Hamid, I A ^a,b   Sobh, M A ^a   El Saied, M A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Computer aided sperm analysis; Infertility; Kidney transplantation; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; FOLLITROPIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030498714     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1996.tb00524.x     Document Type: Article

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