Another look at human sperm morphology

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 10-23

  Auger, J ^a,b   Jouannet, P ^c   Eustache, F ^b,d  

^a Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Nord Val   (France)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Psychiatre Addictologue   (France)

Author keywords

Fertile men; Human semen; Infertility diagnosis; Multiple anomalies index; Reference values; Sperm defects; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETIC BACKGROUND; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING ERROR; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; STUDY DESIGN; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR; ABNORMALITIES; CLASSIFICATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84957568146     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev251     Document Type: Article

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