Intracytoplasmic injection of human sperm into the hamster oocyte (Hamster ICSI Assay) as a test for fertilizing capacity of the severe male-factor sperm

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 647-651

  Ahmadi, A ^a   Bongso, A ^a   Ng, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hamster intracytoplasmic sperm injection assay; Human sperm; Severe male factor; Zona free hamster penetration test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MESOCRICETUS; MICROINJECTIONS; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0029797373     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02069643     Document Type: Article

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