A new technique to evaluate the ability of cryoprotectors to prevent premature acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa

Andrologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 230-232

  Ortloff, C ^a   Deppe, M ^a   Schill, W B ^b   Sanchez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Cryopreservation; DMSO; Ethylene glycol; Glycerol; Human spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOW TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEDIMENTATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ACROSOME REACTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FERTILIZATION; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33750614745     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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