Relationship between Human Sperm Morphology and Acrosomal Function

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 432-438

  Menkveld, Roelof ^a   El Garem, Yehia ^b   Schill, Wolf Bernhard ^c   Henkel, Ralf ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrosome morphology; Acrosome reaction; Sperm morphology; Strict criteria; Triple staining

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ROC CURVE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0242595628     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026288710638     Document Type: Article

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