Two functional assays of sperm responsiveness to progesterone and their predictive values in in-vitro fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1661-1667

  Krausz, Csilla ^a   Bonaccorsi, Lorella ^a   Maggio, Paolo ^a   Luconi, Michaela ^a   Criscuoli, Luciana ^a   Fuzzi, Beatrice ^a   Pellegrini, Sandra ^a   Forti, Gianni ^a   Baldi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

A23187; Acrosome reaction; Intracellular free calcium; IVF; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM;

EID: 0029847950     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019466     Document Type: Article

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