Effect of Hepatocyte Growth Factor on Sperm Motility

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 193-196

  Kitamura, Masaya ^a,b   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^a   Nishimura, Kenzi ^a   Yamanaka, Masaki ^a   Matsumoto, Kunio ^b   Okuyama, Akihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte growth factor; Sperm; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0033668641     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2000.440401.x     Document Type: Article

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