Chromomycin A3 staining as a useful tool for evaluation of male fertility

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-66

  Iranpour, Farhad Golshan ^a   Nasr Esfahani, Mohammad Hosein ^b,c   Valojerdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh ^a,d   Taki Al Taraihi, Taki Mohammad ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN FERTILITY AND INFERTILITY CENTER   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chromomycin A3; Fertilization; IVF; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; FEMALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOMYCIN A3; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0033622102     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009406231811     Document Type: Article

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