Time course of hypo-osmotic swellings of human spermatozoa: Evidence of ordered transition between swelling subtypes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1578-1583

  Hossain, A M ^a   Rizk, B ^a   Barik, S ^b   Huff, C ^a   Thorneycroft, I H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

HOS response subtypes; Human spermatozoa; Incubation time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OSMOLARITY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

EID: 0031832160     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.6.1578     Document Type: Article

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