Prolonged sperm-oocyte exposure and high sperm concentration affect human embryo viability and pregnancy rate

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2507-2511

  Gianaroli, L ^a   Fiorentino, A ^a   Magli, M Cristina ^a   Ferraretti, A P ^a   Montanaro, N ^a  

^a SISMER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryo viability; Human IVF; Male factor spermatozoa; Reactive oxygen species; Sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TIME;

EID: 0030458745     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019149     Document Type: Article

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