The combination of two semen preparation techniques (glass wool filtration and swim-up) and their effect on the morphology of recovered spermatozoa and outcome of IVF-ET

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Al Hasani, S ^a   Alpustun S ^b   Ludwig, M ^a   Diedrich, K ^a   Bauer, O ^a   Kupker W ^a   Wolff, A ^c   Krebs, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glass wool filtration; IVF; Sperm morphology; Swim up

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029983244     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1996.tb00435.x     Document Type: Article

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