Correlation between sperm membrane destabilization by heparin and aniline blue staining as membrane integrity index

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Delgado, N M ^a,b   Sanchez Vazquez M L ^a   Hernandez O ^a   Reyes, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aniline blue; Heparin; Sperm; Sperm membrane

Indexed keywords

ANILINE BLUE; CHOLESTEROL; DYE; EOSIN; GLUTATHIONE; HEPARIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPAN BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STAINING; VITAL STAIN;

EID: 79961180807     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019808987937     Document Type: Article

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