Abnormal elongation of midpiece, absence of axoneme and outer dense fibers at principal piece level, supernumerary microtubules: a sperm defect of possible genetic origin?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1201.e3-1201.e8

  Moretti, Elena ^a   Pascarelli, Nicola Antonio ^a   Federico, Maria Grazia ^a   Renieri, Tommaso ^a   Collodel, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; fluorescence in situ hybridization; mitochondria; principal piece; sperm axoneme; TEM

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AXONEME; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 18; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEREDITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 52949099156     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.050     Document Type: Article

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