Assessing human sperm morphology: Top models, underdogs or biometrics?

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-46

  Auger, Jacques ^a  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fertility prognosis; Image analysis; Multiple anomalies index; Pattern recognition; Reproductive toxicology; Sperm defects; Sperm deformity index; Sperm pathology; Teratozoospermic index; Videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; CELL MIGRATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; ENDOSPERM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE FERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 76349090710     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2009.8     Document Type: Review

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