Challenging endeavour for preservation of freeze-dried mammalian spermatozoa

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-563

  Hochi, Shinichi ^a   Abdalla, Hany ^a,b   Hara, Hiromasa ^a   Hirabayashi, Masumi ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Freeze drying; ICSI; Lyophilization; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80355125788     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.11-061O     Document Type: Review

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