Sperm vacuoles are not modified by freezing-thawing procedures

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-246

  Gatimel, Nicolas ^c   Leandri, Roger ^a,b   Parinaud, Jean ^c  

^a Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

freezing; IMSI; MSOME; spermatozoa; thawing; vacuoles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VACUOLES;

EID: 84875370008     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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