Effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone on sperm function and early embryonic development following intracytoplasmic sperm injection in human assisted reproduction

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 165-176

  Kato, Yoku ^a,b   Nagao, Yoshikazu ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical utility in vitro embryo production in human; Embryo development; Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP); Sperm capacitation

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84870794472     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12522-012-0126-9     Document Type: Review

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