Comparison between mechanical freezer and conventional freezing using liquid nitrogen in normozoospermia

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 734-737

  Rahman, A R ^a   Ng, S P ^a   Leong, C F ^b   Rahimah, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Liquid nitrogen; Sperm cryopreservation; Ultra low temperature

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREEZING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054774294     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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