Exposure of human sperm to low-calcium medium enhances fertilizing ability

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-153

  Nishida, S ^a,b   Yamano, S ^a   Aono, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Kaisei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Calcium; Fertilizing ability; Human sperm; In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF ET)

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

EID: 80051759246     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019608987091     Document Type: Article

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