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Sperm pathology: a step beyond descriptive morphology. Origin, characterization and fertility potential of abnormal sperm phenotypes in infertile men

1 Sept 2003

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Sperm pathology is presented as the discipline of characterizing structural and functional deficiencies in abnormal spermatozoa. This concept complements that of sperm morphology mainly concerned with the appearance of spermatozoa. These two notions collaborate in providing correlations of prognostic value with sperm fertilizing capacity, explaining the mechanisms of sperm inefficiency, suggesting strategies to...

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Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
Reproductive Biology and Fertility
Sperm and Testicular Function

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PMID: 14640375
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmg034

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