Sperm function and assisted reproduction technology

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-30

  Henkel, Ralf ^a   Maaß, Gesa ^b   Bödeker, Rolf Hasso ^b   Scheibelhut, Christine ^b   Stalf, Thomas ^b   Mehnert, Claas ^b   Schuppe, Hans Christian ^b   Jung, Andreas ^b   Schill, Wolf Bernhard ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; High intra and interindividual variability; Multivariate approach; Prediction of outcome of IVF; Sperm functions

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACROSOME REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 27744516064     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2005.00087.x     Document Type: Review

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