Continuous assessment of human spermatozoa viability during cryopreservation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Mohammad, S N ^a   Barratt, C L ^a   Cooke, I D ^a   Moore, H D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cryomicroscopy; cryosurvival; fluorescent viability probes; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLUORESCENCE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0031058596     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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