Numerical dose-compensated in vitro fertilization inseminations yield high fertilization and pregnancy rates

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1019-1028

  Cooper, George W ^a,b   Paine, Terry ^a   Hurley, Ian R ^a   Jacob, Asha ^a   Scholl, Gerald M ^a   Hershlag, Avner ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human sperm surface nonnuclear progesterone and mannose receptors; IVF and pregnancy rates; Mannose induced acrosome reactions; Seminal plasma zinc; Short term inseminations

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; ZINC;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL MEMBRANE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0033153074     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00136-3     Document Type: Article

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