The potential shortcomings of measuring hyperactivated motility by computer-aided sperm analysis when sperm motion is multiphasic

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-193

  Pacey, A A ^a   Ladbrook, M B ^a   Barratt, C L R ^a   Cooke, I D ^a  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CASA; Hyperactivation; Multiphasic; Theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030798257     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/3.3.185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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