Quantitative ultramorphological (QUM) analysis of human sperm: Diagnosis and management of male infertility

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-177

  Bartoov, Benjamin ^a   Eltes, F ^a   Reichart, M ^a   Langzam, J ^a   Lederman, H ^a   Zabludovsky, N ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Male fertility; Male infertility diagnosis; Sperm ultramorphology

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE;

ACROSOME; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANELLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79961197734     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262823     Document Type: Article

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