Supernumerary microtubules and prolongation of the middle piece in two infertile patients
Sauvalle, A.; Le Bris, C.; Izard, J.
International Journal of Fertility 28(3): 173-176
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-725X PMID: 6140238 Document Number: 214069
A new type of sperm abnormality was described in two patients. There was at the same time a high percentage of immotile spermatozoa, supernumerary microtubules organized in more or less complete axonemes, and prolongation of the middle piece, whose mitochondria retain their normal enzymatic activity.
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