Fertility and Sterility
Volume 70, Issue 5 , Pages 883-891 , November 1998

Human sperm head morphometric distribution and its influence on human fertility

  • Nabil Aziz (M.R.C.O.G.)

      Affiliations

    • University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
    • Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Liverpool.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nabil Aziz, M.R.C.O.G., Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Crown Street, Liverpool L8 7SS, United Kingdom
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  • Simon Fear, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
    • Department of Mathematical Sciences, Division of Statistics and Operational Research. University of Liverpool.
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  • Clare Taylor, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
    • Reproductive Medicine Unit, Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
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  • Charles R Kingsland, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
    • Reproductive Medicine Unit, Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
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  • D.Iwan Lewis-Jones, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
    • Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Liverpool.

Received 7 January 1998 ,Revised 20 July 1998 ,Accepted 20 July 1998.

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☆ Supported in part by grant RDS 1720, Research Development Fund, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

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Fertility and Sterility
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