Combination of direct swim-up technique and discontinuous Percoll gradient centrifugation for sperm preparation of oligoasthenozoospermic samples

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-109

  Chen, S U ^a   Ho, H N ^a   Chen, H F ^a   Chao, K H ^a   Wu, M Y ^a   Chen, C D ^a   Huang, S C ^a   Lee, T Y ^a   Yang, Y S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Combination method; Oligoasthenozoospermia; Percoll gradient; Sperm; Swim up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 79961241296     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019608988510     Document Type: Article

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