Light and electron microscopic study of the effect of L-carnitine on the sperm morphology among sub fertile men

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-105

  Abd El baset, Sohair A ^a   Abd El Wahab, Samia M ^a   Mansour, Aziza M A ^a   Mohamed, Eman A H ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic droplet; DNA content of sperm heads; Head defects; L carnitine; Midpiece defects; Mitochondrial sheath defects; Oligo, atheno and teratozoospermia; Spermatozoa; Sub fertile men

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARNITINE; CARNIVITA FORTE; DNA; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PYRONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHENOZOOSPERMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA CONTENT; EGYPT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVENING DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MITOCHONDRION; MORNING DOSAGE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMEAR; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; STAINING; SUBFERTILITY; TERATOZOOSPERMIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77954956140     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mefs.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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