Hyaluronic acid increases motility/intracellular Ca2+ concentration in human sperm in vitro

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-125

  Bains, R ^a   Miles, D M ^a   Carson, R J ^a   Adeghe, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Calcium; Hyaluronic acid; Motility; Nifedipine; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NIFEDIPINE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD44; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; NIFEDIPINE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79961142043     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850101316901325     Document Type: Article

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