Analysis of in vitro migration patterns of human spermatozoa by a Petri dish-based horizontal column

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 406-410

  Hossain, Amjad M ^a   Barik, Sailen ^b   Rizk, Botros ^a   Kulkarni, Pandurang M ^b   Thorneycroft, Ian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

HUMANS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032764346     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.2.406     Document Type: Article

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