An update on human fertilization

Seminars in Reproductive Endocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-217

  De Jonge, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; Fertilization; Human sperm; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

EID: 0032426938     PISSN: 07348630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1016279     Document Type: Review

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