Sperm-zona pellucida binding assays

Male Infertility: Diagnosis and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 209-223

  Oehninger, Sergio ^a   Arslan, Murat ^b,c   Franken, Daniel R ^d  

^a Mersin University ^*

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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