The effects of coital lubricants on sperm motility in vitro

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3351-3356

  Anderson, Lorraine ^a   Lewis, Sheena E M ^a   McClure, Neil ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coital lubricants; Computer assisted semen analysis; Male infertility; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; OLIVE OIL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; LUBRICATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PROGNOSIS; SALIVA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAGINA; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032421096     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.12.3351     Document Type: Article

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