Plasma membrane integrity of cryopreserved human sperm: An investigation of the results of the hypoosmotic swelling test, the water test, and eosin-Y staining

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1148-1155

  Lin, Ming Huei ^b   Morshedi, Mahmood ^a   Srisombut, Chartchai ^a   Nassar, Ahmed ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a  

^a The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Membrane integrity; Motility; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SWELLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOPLASM; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OLIGOSPERMIA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STAINING AND LABELING; WATER;

EID: 0032401008     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00351-3     Document Type: Article

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