In vitro effect of Escherichia coli on human sperm acrosome reaction

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-78

  El Mulla, K F ^a,b   Kohn F M ^a   Dandal, M ^a   El Beheiry, A H ^b   Schiefer, H G ^a   Weidner, W ^a   Schill, W B ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Escherichia coli; Human spermatozoa; Ionophore

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 79961230557     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019608988505     Document Type: Article

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