Cryopreservation of single human spermatozoa

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 994-1001

  Cohen, Jacques ^a   Garrisi, G John ^a   Congedo Ferrara, Toni A ^a   Kieck, Kelly A ^a   Sehimmel, Timothy W ^a   Scott, Richard T ^a  

^a Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of Saint Barnabas   (United States)

Author keywords

Empty zona pellucida; ICSI; Micromanipulation; Motility recovery; Zona pellucida freezing

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROMANIPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; THAWING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0030955770     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.5.994     Document Type: Article

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