Glass wool column filtration, an advantageous way of preparing semen samples for intracytoplasmic sperm injection: An auto-controlled randomized study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 509-513

  Van Den Bergh, Marc ^a   Revelard, Phillipe ^a   Bertrand, Evelyne ^a   Biramane, Jamila ^a   Vanin, Anne Sophie ^a   Englert, Yvon ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Glass wool; ICSI; Percoll

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0030903635     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.3.509     Document Type: Article

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