Field trial of a diluent for the transportation of human semen at ambient temperatures

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 348-354

  Allan, Ian W ^b   Irvine, D Stewart ^b   Macnamee, Michael ^b   Aitken, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Citrate yolk buffer; reactive oxygen species; semen; sperm function; storage

Indexed keywords

DILUENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION;

EID: 0031016359     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81922-X     Document Type: Article

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