The effects of levonorgestrel on various sperm functions

Contraception

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 453-457

  Yeung, William S B ^a   Chiu, Philip C N ^a   Wang, C H ^b   Yao, Y Q ^c   Ho, Pak Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Ren Min Hospital   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Levonorgestrel; Motility; Oocyte fusion; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; STEROID;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VELOCITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0142099518     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(02)00408-0     Document Type: Article

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