Submicroscopic mathematical evaluation of spermatozoa in assisted reproduction. 3. Partial zona dissection (PZD) (Notulae seminologicae 12)

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 387-391

  Strehler, E ^c   Sterzik, K ^c   De Santo, M ^c   Baccetti, B ^a,b   Capitani, S ^a,b   Collodel, G ^a,b   Gambera, L ^a,b   Moretti, E ^a,b   Piomboni, P ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Serono Pharma   (Italy)

^c Studio delle Cellule Germinali ^*

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Electron microscopy; Human spermatozoa; Mathematics; Partial zona dissection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031181952     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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