Cryopreservation of a small number of fresh human testicular spermatozoa and testicular spermatozoa cultured in vitro for 3 days in an empty zona pellucida

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 409-413

  Liu, Jiaen ^a   Zheng, Xue Zhong ^a   Baramki, Theodore A ^a   Compton, Gail ^a   Yazigi, Ricardo A ^a   Katz, Eugene ^a  

^a GBMC Fertility Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Single sperm freezing; Spermatozoa cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HEPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034065627     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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