Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 1616-1625 , November 2009

A new real-time morphology classification for human spermatozoa: a link for fertilization and improved embryo quality

  • Nino Guy Cassuto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Drouot Unit AMP, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nino Guy Cassuto, M.D., Labaratory Drouot, Embryology, 19 Rue Drouot, 75009 Paris, Ile de France, France (FAX: 0033147707779).
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  • Dominique Bouret, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Drouot Unit AMP, Paris, France
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  • Jean Michel Plouchart, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Drouot Unit AMP, Paris, France
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  • Sonia Jellad, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Drouot Unit AMP, Paris, France
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  • Pierre Vanderzwalmen, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Drouot Unit AMP, Paris, France
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  • Richard Balet, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Bleuets Hospital, Paris, France
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  • Lionel Larue, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Saint Simon Diaconnesses Hospital, Paris, France
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  • Yona Barak, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Yona Barak Laboratories Ltd., Rosh HaAyin, Israel

Received 27 May 2008 ,Revised 7 August 2008 ,Accepted 14 August 2008.

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 N.G.C. has nothing to disclose. D.B. has nothing to disclose. J.M.P. has nothing to disclose. S.J. has nothing to disclose. P.V. has nothing to disclose. R.B. has nothing to disclose. L.L. has nothing to disclose. Y.B. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03709-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.088

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 1616-1625 , November 2009

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