Prediction of the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) potential of human spermatozoa using sperm function tests: The effect of the delay between testing and IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1030-1034

  Sukcharoen, Nares ^a,c   Keith, John ^a   Irvine, D Stewart ^b   Aitken, R John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; In vitro fertilization; Movement characteristics; Reactive oxygen species; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; IONOPHORE; PHORBOL ESTER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0029977656     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019291     Document Type: Article

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