Motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME) and sperm head vacuoles: State of the art in 2013

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 527-541

  Perdrix, Anne ^a   Rives, Nathalie ^a  

^a Rouen Normandy University Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

IMSI; Male infertility; MSOME; Sperm vacuoles

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE; ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANILINE BLUE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC MORPHOLOGICALLY SELECTED INJECTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDLINE; MOTILE SPERM ORGANELLE MORPHOLOGY EXAMINATION; NICK END LABELING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

IMSI; MALE INFERTILITY; MSOME; SPERM VACUOLES;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM HEAD; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VACUOLES;

EID: 84882675966     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmt021     Document Type: Article

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