An electron microscope study of the axonemal ultrastructure in human spermatozoa from male smokers and nonsmokers

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 430-434

  Zavos, Panayiotis M ^a,b   Correa, Juan R ^a   Karagounis, Christos S ^c   Ahparaki, Andrea ^c   Phoroglou, Christa ^c   Hicks, Clair L ^d   Zarmakoupis Zavos, Panayota N ^a,b  

^a Andrology Institute of Lexington   (United States)

^b Kentucky Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^c Salonika University   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axoneme ultrastructure; Cigarette smoking; Electron microscopy; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASTURBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPERM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; SMOKING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031919178     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00563-3     Document Type: Article

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