Improvement in the cervical mucus penetration test by using standard sperm control

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-257

  Yogev, Leah ^a   Gamzu, R ^a   Paz, G ^a   Kleiman, S ^a   Botchan, A ^a   Hauser, R ^a   Lessing, J B ^a   Yavetz, H ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus penetration test; Cryopreservation; Progressive motility concentration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 79961136984     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262580     Document Type: Article

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