Sperm morphology and chromatin condensation before and after semen processing

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-226

  Hammadeh, M E ^a   Nkemayim, D C ^a   Georg, T ^a   Rosenbaum, P ^a   Schmidt, W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatic condensation; Semen preparation; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

EID: 79961159094     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850100262209     Document Type: Article

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