Fertilizing ability of sperm with unexplained in vitro fertilization failures, as assessed by the zona-free hamster egg penetration assay: Its prognostic value for sperm-oolemma interaction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1196-1201

  Wolf, J P ^a   Bulwa, S ^a   Ducot, B ^a   Rodrigues, D ^a   Jouannet, P ^a  

^a Hopital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

fertilizing ability; sperm oolemma interaction; Sperm penetration assay; unexplained IVF failure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0029992712     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58338-1     Document Type: Article

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