Relationship between hyaluronic acid binding assay and outcome in ART: A pilot study

Andrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 291-296

  Nijs, M ^a   Creemers, E ^a   Cox, A ^a   Janssen, M ^a   Vanheusden, E ^a   Van Der Elst, J ^b   Ombelet, W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hyaluronic acid; IVF ICSI; sperm maturity; sperm morphology; sperm quality

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM COUNT; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957291820     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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