Human sperm penetration in different media

Andrologia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-239

  Engel, S ^b   Petzoldt, R ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovine cervical mucus; Capillary tube penetration test; Hen egg white; Linear sperm penetration; Sperm function

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX MUCUS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVUM; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0032804580     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.1999.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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