Comparison of singleand two-layer percoll separation for selection of motile spermatozoa

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 412-417

  Sharma, Rakesh K ^a   Seifarth, Karen ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoosmotic swelling; Morphology; Percoll separation; Spermatozoa; Viability

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; POVIDONE; SILICON DIOXIDE; PERCOLL;

ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SWELLING; CELL VIABILITY; COLLOID; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CERVIX MUCUS; COLLOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POVIDONE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031283031     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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