Role of electron microscopy of sperm in the evaluation of male infertility during the era of assisted reproduction

Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 301-305

  Carbone Jr , Dominick J ^b   McMahon, James T ^b   Levin, Howard S ^b   Thomas Jr , Anthony J ^b   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032146620     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00155-1     Document Type: Article

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