Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 915-919 , March 2009

Ultrastructural findings in semen samples of infertile men infected with Chlamydia trachomatis and mycoplasmas

  • Guadalupe Gallegos-Avila, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
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  • Marta Ortega-Martínez, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
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  • Benito Ramos-González, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
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  • Rolando Tijerina-Menchaca, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
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  • Jesús Ancer-Rodríguez, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
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  • Gilberto Jaramillo-Rangel, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gilberto Jaramillo-Rangel, Ph.D., Departamento de Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Ave. Madero y Dr. Eduardo Aguirre P., Colonia Mitras Centro, Monterrey NL, C.P. 64460, México (FAX: 52-81-8329-4183).

Received 13 December 2007 ,Revised 23 April 2008 ,Accepted 9 May 2008.

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 G.G.-A. has nothing to disclose. M.O.-M. has nothing to disclose. B.R.-G. has nothing to disclose. R.T.-M. has nothing to disclose. J.A.-R. has nothing to disclose. G.J.-R. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by a grant from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México (PAICYT grant no. SA 244-99).

PII: S0015-0282(08)01147-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.05.035

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 915-919 , March 2009

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