Sperm preparation: State-of-the-artphysiological aspects and application of advanced sperm preparation methods

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 260-269

  Henkel, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

advanced sperm selection; biomimetics; conventional sperm selection; female genital tract; physiological sperm selection

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

CELL SELECTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA DAMAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; ZETA POTENTIAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

CELL SEPARATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84858035106     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.133     Document Type: Review

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