The hypo-osmotic swelling test in recurrent miscarriage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 506-509

  Buckett, William M ^a,b   Farquharson, Roy G ^a   Luckas, Murray J M ^a   Kingsland, Charles R ^a   Aird, Ian A ^a   Lewis Jones, D Iwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HOS test; Recurrent miscarriage; Sperm abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0343852845     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00241-0     Document Type: Article

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