Sperm function and choice of preparation media: Comparison of Percoll and Accudenz discontinuous density gradients

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Sbracia, Marco ^a,b   Sayme, Nabil ^a,c   Grasso, John ^a   Vigue, Lynne ^a   Huszar, Gabor ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

chlortetracycline; motile sperm yield; sperm activation; Sperm maturity and creatine kinase

Indexed keywords

CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE BB; CREATINE KINASE MM;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; COLLOIDS; CREATINE KINASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOENZYMES; MALE; POVIDONE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0029936762     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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