Glass wool filtration leads to a higher percentage of spermatozoa with intact acrosomes: An ultrastructural analysis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2506-2511

  Sterzik, K ^a   De Santo, M ^b   Uhlich, S ^c   Gagsteiger, F ^a   Strehler, E ^a  

^a Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

IVF; Scanning electron microscopy; Sperm preparation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

EID: 0031709824     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.9.2506     Document Type: Article

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