Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 807-813, February 2010

Birefringence characteristics in sperm heads allow for the selection of reacted spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection

  • Luca Gianaroli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Unit, Italian Society for the Study of Reproductive Medicine, Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Luca Gianaroli, M.D., Reproductive Medicine Unit, Italian Society for the Study of Reproductive Medicine, Via Mazzini 12, 40128 Bologna, Italy (FAX: 39-051-302933).
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  • M. Cristina Magli, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Unit, Italian Society for the Study of Reproductive Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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  • Anna P. Ferraretti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Unit, Italian Society for the Study of Reproductive Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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  • Andor Crippa, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Unit, Italian Society for the Study of Reproductive Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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  • Michela Lappi, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Medicine Unit, Italian Society for the Study of Reproductive Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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  • Serena Capitani, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Interdipartimentale Centre for Male Infertility, Unit of Applied Biology, Department of Surgery Policlinico, “S. Maria alle Scotte,” Siena, Italy
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  • Baccio Baccetti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Interdipartimentale Centre for Male Infertility, Unit of Applied Biology, Department of Surgery Policlinico, “S. Maria alle Scotte,” Siena, Italy

Received 8 June 2008; received in revised form 6 October 2008; accepted 17 October 2008. published online 08 December 2008.

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 L.G. has nothing to disclose. M.C.M. has nothing to disclose. A.P.F. has nothing to disclose. A.C. has nothing to disclose. M.L. has nothing to disclose. S.C. has nothing to disclose. B.B. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04280-5

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.024

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 807-813, February 2010

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