Direct measurement of the tail beat frequency of human sperm by flash light synchronization

Andrologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Chen, C S ^a,b,c   Chao, H T ^b   Leng, C H ^a   Pan, R L ^c   Wei, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Beat cross frequency; Flash light synchronizer; Human sperm; Pentoxifylline; Tail beat frequency

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031897785     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1998.tb01382.x     Document Type: Article

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