Sperm interaction with human oviductal cells in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1504-1509

  Morales, Patricio ^a   Palma, Verónica ^a   Salgado, Ana María ^a   Villalón, Manuel ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Ciliary beat; Ciliated cells; Oviductal cell culture; Sperm movement

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

EID: 0029835199     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019426     Document Type: Article

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