Effect of swim-up sperm washing and subsequent capacitation on acrosome status and functional membrane integrity of normal sperm

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 335-341

  Esteves, S C ^a   Sharma, R K ^a   Thomas A J , Jr ^a   Agarwal, A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Functional membrane integrity; Hypoosmotic swelling; Spermatozoa; Swim up

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SEMEN; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033766020     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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