Results of a questionnaire on sperm morphology assessment

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1015-1020

  Ombelet, W ^a   Pollet, H ^b   Bosmans, E ^a,b   Vereecken, A ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b Eurogenetics   (Belgium)

^c LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Human spermatozoa; Laboratory standardization; Questionnaire; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0030999411     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.5.1015     Document Type: Article

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