Correlation of the bovine cervical mucus penetration test with human sperm characteristics in 1406 ejaculates

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-115

  Keel, Brooks A ^a,b   Schalue, T K ^a  

^a Dept of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Women's Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine cervical mucus; Male infertility; Motility characteristics; Semen; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; EJACULATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 79961195169     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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