Necrosis in human spermatozoa. II. Ultrastructural features and FISH study in semen from patients with recovered uro-genital infections

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-98

  Moretti, E ^a   Baccetti, B ^a,b   Capitani, S ^a   Collodel, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FISH; Inflammation; Necrosis; Spermatozoa; TEM; Uro genital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMISSION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NECROSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 23244466591     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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