Hypo-osmotic swelling can accurately assess the viability of nonmotile sperm

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-203

  Smikle, Collin B ^a   Turek, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hypo osmotic swelling; male infertility; sperm viability

Indexed keywords

HYPOTONIC SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CITRATES; COLORING AGENTS; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030937467     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199706)47:2<200::AID-MRD11>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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