title: Acrosome reaction of spermatozoa with different morphology.
abstract: The acrosome reaction of human spermatozoa with different morphological disturbances was evaluated after application of the triple staining method. After triple staining, spermatozoa which display only a small or an undetectable acrosomal region in Papanicolaou-stained semen smears, turn out to be unable to perform an acrosome reaction, whereas merely post-acrosomally hyper-elongated spermatozoa show a normal ability for acrosome reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heywinkel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Freundl
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hofmann
mesh_terms: D000177:Acrosome / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013194:Staining and Labeling