Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 141-147 , July 2005

Quantitative evaluation of spermatozoa ultrastructure after acupuncture treatment for idiopathic male infertility

  • Jian Pei, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
    • Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jian Pei, Ph.D., Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Frauenstrasse 56, 89073 Ulm, Germany (FAX: 0049-731-9665130
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  • Erwin Strehler, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany
    • ,
  • Ulrich Noss, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • In Vitro Fertilization Center Munich, Munich, Germany
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  • Markus Abt, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Mathematics, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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  • Paola Piomboni, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Section of Biology, Siena University, Siena, Italy
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  • Baccio Baccetti, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Section of Biology, Siena University, Siena, Italy
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  • Karl Sterzik, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Christian-Lauritzen-Institut, Ulm, Germany

Received 19 February 2004 ,Accepted 23 December 2004.

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 Supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 399 00196) and the Key Projects Foundation, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, People’s Republic of China.

PII: S0015-0282(05)00591-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.12.056

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 141-147 , July 2005

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