Selectivity of the human sperm-zona pellucida binding process to sperm head morphometry

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 362-371

  Garrett, Claire ^a   Liu, De Yi ^b   Baker, H W Gordon ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

acrosomal region; automated image analysis; sperm morphometry; Sperm zona binding; zona selectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0342460598     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81924-3     Document Type: Article

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