The effect of fixatives and/or air-drying on the plasma and acrosomal membranes of human sperm

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 487-492

  Haas, G G ^a   DeBault, L E ^a   D'Cruz, O ^a   Shuey, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE;

ACROSOME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MEMBRANE;

EID: 0023722294     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)60138-3     Document Type: Article

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