Minimum sperm trajectory length for reliable determination of the fractal dimension

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 465-469

  Mortimer, Sharon T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyperactivation; Kinematics; Motility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032324459     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD98123     Document Type: Article

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