Spermatids as gametes: Indications and limitations

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 89-111

  Tesarik, Jan ^a   Sousa, Mario ^b   Greco, Ermanno ^c   Mendoza, Carmen ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D EYLAU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Genomic imprinting; Medical counselling; Spermatid conception; Spermiogenesis failure

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OOCYTE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 17544386851     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_3.89     Document Type: Conference Paper

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