Comparison of cryopreserved sperm in vaporous and liquid nitrogen

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 319-324

  Amesse, Lawrence S ^a   Srivastava, Geeta ^b   Uddin, David ^b   Pfaff Amesse, Teresa ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Nitrogen; Sperm preservation

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MONITORING; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; STORAGE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VAPOR; VAPORIZATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0037905071     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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