The uterine peristaltic pump: Normal and impeded sperm transport within the female genital tract

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 424, Issue , 1997, Pages 267-277

  Kunz, G ^a   Beil, D ^a   Deiniger, H ^a   Einspanier, A ^b   Mall, G ^a   Leyendecker, G ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0030683982     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5913-9_49     Document Type: Review

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