Determination of the ultrastructural pathology of human sperm by atomic force microscopy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 961-965

  Joshi, Narahari ^a,b   Medina, Honorio ^a   Crúz, Ibis ^a   Osuna, Jesus ^a  

^a Hospital Universitario de Los Andes   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Human fertile sperm; Infertile sperm; Oligoastenoteratozoospermic (OAT); Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0035042277     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01755-1     Document Type: Article

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