A new method to produce equally sized hemizonae pellucidae for the hemizona assay

Andrologia

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-180

  Montag, M ^a   Lemola, R ^b   Van Der Ven, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diode laser; Hemizona binding assay; Human spermatozoa; Micromanipulation; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROMANIPULATION; OOCYTE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034120606     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2000.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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