Use of a laser to detect viable but immotile spermatozoa

Andrologia

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 366-369

  Aktan, T Murad ^a   Montag, M ^b   Duman, S ^a   Gorkemli, H ^a   Rink, K ^c   Yurdakul, T ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Human; Immotile spermatozoa; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Laser; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOOSMOTIC SWELLING TEST; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LASER; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS BIOPSY;

CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LASERS; MALE; OSMOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 9144221583     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2004.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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