A simple method for unbiased estimating of ejaculated sperm tail length in subjects with normal and abnormal sperm motility

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-99

  Noorafshan, Ali ^a   Karbalay Doust, Saied ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flagellum; Spermatocyte; Stereology; Tail

Indexed keywords

DATA SUPPORT; IMAGE ANALYZERS; NONPROGRESSIVE; SIMPLE METHOD; SPERM MOTILITY; STEREOLOGICAL METHODS; STEREOLOGY; TAIL LENGTH; TEST-LINES; TRACING METHOD;

BODY FLUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

ESTIMATION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOCYTES;

EID: 71749112678     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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