Utrastructural analysis of asthenozoospermic ejaculates in the era of assisted procreation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 940-946

  Francavilla, Sandro ^a   Pelliccione, Fiore ^a   Cordeschi, Giuliana ^a   Necozione, Stefano ^a   Santucci, Riccardo ^a   Bocchio, Massimo ^a   Mihalca, Radu ^a   Ciociola, Francesco ^a   Francavilla, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Dysplasia of the fibrous sheath; Primary cilia diskinesia; Sperm tail; Ultrastructural analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EJACULATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL;

EID: 33645384888     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.027     Document Type: Article

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