Microfluidics for sperm analysis and selection

Nature Reviews Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 707-730

  Nosrati, Reza ^a,b   Graham, Percival J ^b   Zhang, Biao ^b   Riordon, Jason ^b   Lagunov, Alexander ^c   Hannam, Thomas G ^c   Escobedo, Carlos ^a   Jarvi, Keith ^d   Sinton, David ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Hannam Fertility Centre   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CELL SELECTION; CHEMOTAXIS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROFLUIDICS; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 85035334552     PISSN: 17594812     EISSN: 17594820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2017.175     Document Type: Review

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