Comparative study of the effect of human cervical mucus and a cervical mucus substitute, Healonid, on capacitation and the acrosome reaction of human spermatozoa in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1055-1062

  Perry, R L ^a   Barratt, C L R ^a   Warren, M A ^b   Cooke, I D ^a  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitation; Cervical mucus; Chlortetracycline assay; Human spermatozoa; Sperm function

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0029884888     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019296     Document Type: Article

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