Teratozoospermia and its effect on male fertility potential

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-75

  Szczygiel, M ^a   Kurpisz, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Sperm genetics; Teratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ACROSOME; AXONEME; AZOOSPERMIA; CYTOGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032972634     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00256.x     Document Type: Review

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