Comparison between swim-up and glass wool column filtration of human semen in a gamete intrafallopian transfer program

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Sanchez Sarmiento, C A ^a   Coetzee, K ^a   Kruger, T F ^a   Van Der Merwe, J P ^a   Stander, F S H ^a   Henkel, R R ^a   Lombard, C J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fertilization; GIFT; Glass wool filtration; Pregnancy; Swim up

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80051716208     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019608987092     Document Type: Article

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