New generation of diagnostic tests for infertility: Review of specialized semen tests

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 839-847

  Samplaski, Mary K ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a   Sharma, Rakesh ^a   Sabanegh, Edmund ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

infertility; male; semen analysis; specialized tests; sperm

Indexed keywords

DNA; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ACROSOME; CELL ASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA DAMAGE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEMIZONA ASSAY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSPERMIA TEST; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PENETRATION ASSAY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; RNA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77957284872     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2010.02619.x     Document Type: Review

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