Andrology: Effectiveness of various sperm processing methods in removing seminal plasma from insemination media

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 2056-2060

  Levay, P F ^a   Le R fourie, F ^a   Bezuidenhout, C ^a   Koch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Percoll; Seminal plasma; Sperm preparation; Spermatozoa; Swim up

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM;

EID: 0029038009     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136236     Document Type: Article

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