Sperm head vacuoles-light microscopic and ultrastructural observations: A case report

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-188

  Zhang, Shucheng ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   He, Bin ^a   Cheng, Jie ^a   Xi, Shui ^a   Wang, Shang Ming ^a   Gao, Yu ^a   Wang, Jiedong ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

Author keywords

Head vacuoles; Infertility; Morphology; Sperm; Sperm deformity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM HEAD; VACUOLES;

EID: 84860687268     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913123.2012.658988     Document Type: Article

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