The dynamics of rapid sperm transport through the female genital tract: Evidence from vaginal sonography of uterine peristalsis and hysterosalpingoscintigraphy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 627-632

  Kunz, G ^a   Beil, D ^a   Deininger, H ^a   Wildt, L ^b   Leyendecker, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female genital tract; Hysterosalpingoscintigraphy; Sperm transport; Uterine peristalsis; Vaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; MICROSPHERE; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTEROSALPINGOSCINTIGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0029926270     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.3.627     Document Type: Article

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