The hypo-osmotic swelling test for evaluation of sperm membrane integrity

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 927, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-25

  Ramu, Sivakumar ^a   Jeyendran, Rajasingam S ^a  

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Author keywords

Fertility; HOS test; Hypotonic solution; Sperm function; Sperm membrane integrity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SWELLING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; HYPO OSMOTIC SWELLING TEST; HYPOOSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

EID: 84934444854     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-38-0_3     Document Type: Article

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