Automation of human sperm cell analysis by flow cytometry

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 801-807

  Ferrara, Fulvio ^a   Daverio, Rita ^a   Mazzini, Giuliano ^b   Bonini, Pierangelo ^a   Banfi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

semen analysis; vital staining

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; NUCLEIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STAINING; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0030956510     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.5.801     Document Type: Article

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