Absence of glucose decreases human fertilization and sperm movement characteristics in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-123

  Mahadevan, Maha M ^a,b   Miller, Michael M ^a   Moutos, Dean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Arkansas Repro Technol Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture medium; Fertilization; Glucose; Movement characteristics; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OOCYTE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0031039619     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.1.119     Document Type: Article

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