Relationships between human sperm acrosin, acrosomes, morphology and fertilization in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 298-303

  Liu, D Y ^a   Baker, H W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acrosin; Acrosomes; IVF; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPERM;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0025131622     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137094     Document Type: Article

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