The incidence of spontaneous acrosome reaction in homogeneous populations of hyperactivated human spermatozoa

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1819-1822

  Green, Steven ^a,b   Fishel, Simon ^a,b   Rowe, Philip ^a,b  

^a Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; Hyperactivation

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032771616     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.7.1819     Document Type: Article

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