Effects of very rapid versus vapor phase freezing on human sperm parameters

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 679-685

  Darvishnia, Hamid ^a,b   Lakpour, Niknam ^c   Lahijani, Maryam Shams ^b   Heidari Vala, Hamed ^c   Akhondi, Mohammad A ^c   Zeraati, Hojjat ^d   Sadeghi, Mohammad Reza ^c  

^a PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Cryopreservation; DNA integrity; Male infertility; Spermatozoa; Vapor phase freezing; Very rapid freezing

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; TES TRIS YOLK BUFFER; TES-TRIS YOLK BUFFER; TROMETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FREEZING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VOLATILIZATION;

CHROMATIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZING; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TROMETHAMINE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84891373632     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-012-9351-z     Document Type: Article

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