Sperm velocity and morphology, female characteristics, and the hypo-osmotic swelling test as predictors of fertilization potential: Experience from the IVF model

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-95

  Sallam, Hassan N ^a,b,c   Ezzeldin, Fathy ^b   Sallam, Ahmed ^a,b   Agameya, Abdel Fattah ^a,b   Farrag, Ashraf ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria Fertility Center   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hypo osmotic swelling test; IVF; Sperm morphology; Sperm velocity; Strict criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPO OSMOTIC SWELLING TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE; PARAMETER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEMEN; SEX FACTORS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037799064     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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