Normal range and variation of the zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction in fertile men

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 384-389

  Liu, De Yi ^a   Stewart, Tanya ^b   Baker, H W Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fertile men; Semen characteristics; ZP induced AR

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0043066769     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00603-4     Document Type: Article

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