Is the acrosome reaction a prerequisite for sperm incorporation after intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)?

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 703-709

  Sathananthan, A H ^a,b,c   Szell, A ^b   Ng, S C ^c   Kausche, A ^b   Lacham Kaplan, O ^b   Trounson, A ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acrosome deletion; Human sperm; ICSI; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERMINAL VESICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE;

ACROSOME; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031429359     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R97028     Document Type: Article

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