Semen parameters and chromatin packaging in microsurgical varicocelectomy patients

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-174

  Tavalaee, Marziyeh ^a   Abbasi, Homayon ^b   Deemeh, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Fotohi, Farinaz ^a   Gilani, Mohammad Ali Sadoughi ^a   Esfahani, Mohammad Hossein Nasr ^a,b  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN FERTILITY AND INFERTILITY CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

Miscarriage; Pregnancy; Protamine Deficiency; Sperm Parameters; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMYCIN A3; PROTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 84871815232     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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