An intrauterine insemination-ready cryopreservation method compared with sperm recovery after conventional freezing and post-thaw processing

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-148

  Larson, Janine M ^a   McKinney, Karen A ^a,b   Mixon, Barbara A ^a   Burry, Kenneth A ^a   Wolf, Don P ^a,c,d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Orgeon Regl Primate Research Center   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifugation resuspension; Cryopreservation; IUI ready; Percoll gradient; Sperm preparation

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING; UTERUS FLUID;

EID: 0030790674     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81491-4     Document Type: Article

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