Comparison of the frequency of defective sperm-zona pellucida (ZP) binding and the ZP-induced acrosome reaction between subfertile men with normal and abnormal semen

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1878-1884

  Liu, De Yi ^a   Liu, Ming Li ^a   Garrett, Claire ^a   Baker, H W Gordon ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Semen analysis; Sperm zona pellucida interaction

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 34447332515     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem087     Document Type: Article

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