Quantitative evaluation of spermatozoa ultrastructure after acupuncture treatment for idiopathic male infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-147

  Pei, Jian ^a,b   Strehler, Erwin ^b   Noss, Ulrich ^c   Abt, Markus ^d   Piomboni, Paola ^e   Baccetti, Baccio ^e   Sterzik, Karl ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Christian Lauritzen Institut   (Germany)

^c In Vitro Fertilization Center Munich   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Idiopathic male infertility; Sperm ultrastructure; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AXONEME; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 22244436975     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.12.056     Document Type: Article

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