Assessment of the quality of frozen serum by spectrophotometric analysis and sperm bioassay

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-125

  Hossain, A M ^a   Barik, S ^b   Rizk, B ^a   Thorneycroft, I H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frozen sere; Spectrophotometric analysis; Sperm bioassay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 79961213274     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708987910     Document Type: Article

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