Morphometrical comparison of human spermatozoa obtained from semen and swim-up methodology

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-26

  Dominguez L A ^a   Burgos, M H ^a   Fornés, Miguel W ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Human spermatozoa; Sperm morphometry; Swim up

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032935856     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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