Cholesterol and desmosterol in two sperm populations separated on Sil-Select gradient

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 528-535

  Zalata, A ^a   Hassan, A ^a   Christophe, A ^b   Comhaire, F ^b   Mostafa, T ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Desmosterol; Lipids; Male infertility; Semen; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; SILANE; SILICON DIOXIDE; STEROL;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROL ANALYSIS;

CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; STEROLS;

EID: 77951888434     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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