Effects of different staining and washing procedures on the results of human sperm morphology evaluation by manual and computerised methods

Andrologia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Menkveld, R ^a   Lacquet, F A ^a,b   Kruger, T F ^a   Lombard, C J ^c   Sanchez Sarmiento, C A ^a   De Villiers, A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b St Blasius Hospital   (Belgium)

^c Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Computer; Human; Spermatozoa; Staining methods; Strict morphology evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING;

EID: 0031023416     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1997.tb03141.x     Document Type: Article

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