Epididymal stereocilia in semen of infertile men: Evidence of chronic epididymitis?

Andrologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-30

  Gonzalez Jimenez M A ^a   Villanueva Diaz C A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Torre de Investigación   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chronic epididymitis; Epididymal stereocilia; Male infertility; Semen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; STEREOCILIUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VARICOCELE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CILIA; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33644970953     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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