Pathophysiology of sperm motility

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2 P.1199-1590, 2006, Pages 1433-1447

  Luconi, Michaela ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a   Baldi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Kinases; Review; Sperm Motility

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 32844475537     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1894     Document Type: Review

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