Open AccessImmature germ cells in semen - correlation with total sperm count and sperm motility
Author(s) -
Prashant Patil,
R. S. Humbarwadi,
Ashalata D. Patil,
Anita Rahul Gune
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.117682
Subject(s) - sperm , semen , andrology , male infertility , germ , biology , infertility , sperm motility , motility , semen analysis , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , pregnancy
Current data regarding infertility suggests that male factor contributes up to 30% of the total cases of infertility. Semen analysis reveals the presence of spermatozoa as well as a number of non-sperm cells, presently being mentioned in routine semen report as "round cells" without further differentiating them into leucocytes or immature germ cells.