Quantitative ultramorphological analysis of human sperm: Fifteen years of experience in the diagnosis and management of male factor infertility

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-25

  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 diagnosis; Sperm ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORPHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOCELE;

CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 79961199065     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262698     Document Type: Article

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