Motility stimulant effects of prostasome inclusion in swim-up medium on cryopreserved human spermatozoa

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-221

  Carlsson, L ^a   Ronquist, G ^a   Stridsberg, M ^a   Johansson, L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; human spermatozoa; prostasomes; sperm motility; swim up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 80051720080     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708994880     Document Type: Article

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