Light microscopy morphological characteristics of the sperm flagellum may be related to axonemal abnormalities

Andrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 214-220

  Mitchell, Valerie ^a,b   Sigala, J ^a,b   Ballot, C ^b   Jumeau, F ^a,b   Barbotin, A L ^b   Duhamel, A ^b   Rives, N ^a,c   Rigot, J M ^a,b   Escalier, D ^d   Peers, M C ^b  

^a Rouen Normandy University Hospital   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris   (France)

Author keywords

Axoneme; Electron microscopy; Flagellum; Light microscopy; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

AXONEMAL DYNEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONEMAL ABNORMALITY; AXONEME; CELL DISRUPTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; THICKNESS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MICROTUBULE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AXONEME; DYNEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; MIDDLE AGED; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM TAIL;

EID: 84921448838     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12249     Document Type: Article

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