Effect of freeze-thawing procedure on chromatin stability, morphological alteration and membrane integrity of human spermatozoa in fertile and subfertile men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 155-162

  Hammadeh, M E ^a   Askari, A S ^a   Georg, T ^a   Rosenbaum, P ^a   Schmidt, W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin stability; Cryopreservation; Human spermatozoa; Membrane integrity; Morphological alteration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; SUBFERTILITY; THAWING;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FREEZING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033027767     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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