Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 104-112 , July 2008

Sperm head's birefringence: a new criterion for sperm selection

  • Luca Gianaroli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Società Italiana Studi di Medicina della Reproduzione (S.I.S.M.E.R.), Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Luca Gianaroli, M.D., S.I.S.ME.R., Via Mazzini, 12, 40128 Bologna, Italy (FAX 39-051-302933).
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  • M. Cristina Magli, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Società Italiana Studi di Medicina della Reproduzione (S.I.S.M.E.R.), Bologna, Italy
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  • Giulia Collodel, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Sezione Biologia Applicata, Centro Interdipartimentale per l'Infertilità Maschile, Policlinico “Santa Maria alle Scotte,” Siena, Italy
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  • Elena Moretti, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Sezione Biologia Applicata, Centro Interdipartimentale per l'Infertilità Maschile, Policlinico “Santa Maria alle Scotte,” Siena, Italy
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  • Anna P. Ferraretti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Società Italiana Studi di Medicina della Reproduzione (S.I.S.M.E.R.), Bologna, Italy
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  • Baccio Baccetti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Sezione Biologia Applicata, Centro Interdipartimentale per l'Infertilità Maschile, Policlinico “Santa Maria alle Scotte,” Siena, Italy

Received 12 January 2007 ,Revised 10 May 2007 ,Accepted 31 May 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)01250-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.078

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 104-112 , July 2008

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