Leukocytospermia and sperm preparation - a flow cytometric study

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ricci, Giuseppe ^a   Perticarari, Sandra ^a   Boscolo, Rita ^a   Simeone, Roberto ^a   Martinelli, Monica ^a   Fischer Tamaro, Leo ^a   Guaschino, Secondo ^a   Presani, Gianni ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; EJACULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PEROXIDASE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 71949104166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-128     Document Type: Article

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