Ageing and sperm function

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 558-560

  Haidl, G ^a   Jung, A ^b   Schill, W B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing male; Assisted reproduction; Genetic risks; Male fertility; Sperm function

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; FOLLITROPIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0029918518     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.3.558     Document Type: Article

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