Semen quality and sperm functional parameters in fertile Indian men

Andrologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-25

  Pal, P C ^a   Rajalakshmi, M ^b   Manocha, M ^a,d   Sharma, R S ^c   Mittal, S ^a   Rao, D N ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b National Academy of Medical Sciences   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian men; Semen profile; Sperm function; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FERTILE PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ACROSOME; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; INDIA; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

ACROSOME; ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FERTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; MALE; SEASONS; SEMEN; SPERM AGGLUTINATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33644988301     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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