Effect of in vitro incubation on spontaneous acrosome reaction in fresh and cryopreserved human spermatozoa

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 235-242

  Esteves, Sandro C ^a   Sharma, Rakesh K ^a   Thomas, Anthony J ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; FITC PNA labeling; Hoechst 33258 stain; Sperm activation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; STAINING; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME REACTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031768723     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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