Usefulness of the acrobead test in evaluating human acrosome function in fresh and cryopreserved sperm

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1692-1696

  Sharma, R K ^a   Padron, O F ^a   Agarwal, A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

acrosome; cryopreservation; sperm motility; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0030934287     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64836-5     Document Type: Article

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