Sperm with large nuclear vacuoles and semen quality in the evaluation of male infertility

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-20

  Komiya, Akira ^a   Watanabe, Akihiko ^a   Kawauchi, Yoko ^a   Fuse, Hideki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

DIC; Male infertility; Semen analysis; Sperm Motility Analysis System; Sperm nuclear vacuole

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM MOTILITY ANALYSIS SYSTEM; SPERM NUCLEAR VACUOLE; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA; VACUOLES;

EID: 84872554503     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2012.729174     Document Type: Article

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