Sperm penetration assay and subsequent pregnancy: A prospective study of 74 infertile men

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 685-690

  Shy, Kirk K ^a   Stenchever, Morton A ^a   Muller, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE PENETRATION TEST; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREGNANCY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023924801     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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