Human fertilization with round and elongated spermatids

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 336-340

  Fishel, Simon ^b   Green, Steve ^b   Hunter, Alison ^b   Lisi, Franco ^a   Rinaldi, Leonardo ^a   Lisi, Rosella ^a   McDermott, Helen ^b  

^a European University   (Italy)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICSI; Seminiferous tubules; Spermatid; Spermatozoa; Testicular

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0030888965     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.2.336     Document Type: Article

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