A simplified quantitative cervical mucus penetration test

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1184-1187

  Clarke, Gary N ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus penetration; Donor semen; Infertility investigation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DONOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0030943002     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1184     Document Type: Article

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