Zona pellucida binding improvement effect of different sperm preparation techniques is not related to changes in sperm motility characterizations

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1120-1125

  Yogev, Leah ^a   Gamzu, Ronni ^a   Botchan, Amnon ^a   Hauser, Ron ^a   Paz, Gedalia ^a   Yavetz, Haim ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

CASA; Hemizona assay; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TECHNIQUE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034118220     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00529-X     Document Type: Article

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