Sperm may be associated with subfertility independent of oocyte fertilization

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-8

  Check, J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENZYME;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COST; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE; OSMOSIS; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM; SUBFERTILITY; SUPEROVULATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CHROMATIN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STRESS;

EID: 17444419793     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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