Determination of human sperm calcium uptake mediated by progesterone may be useful for evaluating unexplained sterility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 738-740

  Giojalas, Laura Cecilia ^a,d   Iribarren, Pablo ^a   Molina, Rosa ^b   Rovasio, Roberto Américo ^a   Estofán, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Argentina   (Argentina)

^c Center for Gynecology   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

calcium uptake; flow cytometer; Human spermatozoa; progesterone

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 4544322412     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.12.051     Document Type: Article

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