Effect of cetrorelix on sperm morphology during migration through the epididymis in the cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-117

  Gago, C ^a   Soler, C ^a   Perez Sanchez F ^b   Yeung, C H ^c   Cooper, T G ^c  

^a University of Val ncia   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Cetrorelix; Computer aided; Morphology; Sperm head

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN; HORMONE ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; ASTA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 0034127642     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200006)51:2<103::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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