Sperm functional tests

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1528-1533

  Oehninger, Sergio ^a   Franken, Daniel R ^b   Ombelet, Willem ^c,d  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Male infertility; Sperm functional test; Sperm penetration assay; Sperm zona pellucida binding tests

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; BINDING ASSAY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYALURONAN BINDING ASSAY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERM PENETRATION ASSAY; SPERM ZONA PELLUCIDA BINDING TEST; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

HYALURONIC ACID;

ACROSOME REACTION; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84921983988     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.09.044     Document Type: Review

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