Direct assessment of cryopreservation of human spermatozoa using a cryomicroscope and computer-aided sperm analysis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2687-2692

  Mohammad, S N ^a   Barratt, C L R ^a   Cooke, I D ^a   Moore, H D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CASA; Cryodamage; Cryomicroscope; Cryopreservation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

EID: 0030468591     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019192     Document Type: Article

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