Dimensions of human ejaculated spermatozoa in Papanicolaou-stained seminal and swim-up smears obtained from the Integrated Semen Analysis System (ISAS® )

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 871-879

  Bellastella, Giuseppe ^a,b   Cooper, Trevor G ^a   Battaglia, Marina ^a,b   Ströse, Anda ^a,c   Torres, Inma ^d   Hellenkemper, Barbara ^a   Soler, Carles ^e   Sinisi, Antonio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Saxiom Hogescholen ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Tahe Fertilidad Murcia   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

male infertility; semen; sperm head

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049503247     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.90     Document Type: Article

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