Tubal transport of spermatozoa does not appear to be dependent on normal cilia function

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1437.e17-1437.e19

  Ott, Helmut W ^a   Schmiedehausen, Kristin ^b   Kat, Sonja ^b   Binder, Helge ^b   Gall, Christian ^c   Kuwert, Torsten ^b   Heute, Dirk ^a   Virgolini, Irene ^a   Wildt, Ludwig ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

immotile ciliae; Kartagener's syndrome; spermatozoa transport; Uterotubal transport

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ECHOVIST; ECHOVIST 300; MACROSALB TC 99M; OXYTOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; KARTAGENER SYNDROME; OVIDUCT; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPERMATOZOON; UTERINE TUBE;

EID: 35648932966     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.079     Document Type: Article

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