Variability in the morphologic assessment of human sperm: Use of the strict criteria recommended by the World Health Organization in 2010

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 945-949

  Wang, Yongxin ^a   Yang, Jiali ^a   Jia, Yanping ^a   Xiong, Chengliang ^b   Meng, Tianqing ^b   Guan, Huangtao ^b   Xia, Wei ^b   Ding, Mingyue ^a,c   Yuchi, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

agreement analysis; evaluation variability; Sperm morphology assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERM DONOR; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGREEMENT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION VARIABILITY; SPERM MORPHOLOGY ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897376633     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.12.047     Document Type: Article

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