Induction of acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa accelerates the time of pronucleus formation of hamster oocytes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-320

  Lee, Dong Ryul ^a   Lee, Jeoung Eun ^a   Yoon, Hyun Soo ^a   Roh, Sung Il ^a  

^a Jeil Women's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; hamster oocyte; human sperm; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; pronucleus formation

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

EID: 0343471461     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81917-6     Document Type: Article

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