A comparison of three methods for detecting the acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 741-745

  Amin, Abdel Halim ^a,b   Bailey, Janice L ^a,c   Storey, Bayard T ^a   Blasco, Luis ^a   Heyner, Susan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Chlortetracycline; Human spermatozoa; Mannosylated BSA; Quinacrine

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIMYCIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MANNOSE; MEPACRINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; TIME;

EID: 0029881808     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019246     Document Type: Article

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