Isolated teratozoospermia: A cause of male sterility in the era of ICSI?

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-88

  Francavilla, Sandro ^a   Cordeschi, Giuliana ^a   Pelliccione, Fiore ^a   Bocchio, Massimo ^a   Francavilla, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Dysplasia of the fibrous sheath; Male infertility; Primary cilia diskinesia; Review; Sperm head; Sperm tail; Teratozoospermia; Ultrastructural analysis

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EID: 34249798724     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2049     Document Type: Article

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