The effect of nitric oxide on sperm cell function and embryo development

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 327-334

  Joo, Bo Sun ^a   Park, Sea Hee ^a   Park, Sue Jin ^b   Kang, Ho Sung ^a   Moon, Hwa Sook ^b   Kim, Han Do ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Moonhwa Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside; Sperm cell function

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0032719595     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1999.tb00109.x     Document Type: Article

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