Discrepancy between sperm acrosin activity and sperm morphology: Significance for fertilization in vitro

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 121-129

  Langlois, Michel R ^a   Oorlynck, Luc ^a   Vandekerckhove, Frank ^a   Criel, Arnold ^a   Bernard, Dirk ^a   Blaton, Victor ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Chemistry   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acrosin activity; Acrosome; Hypoosmotic swelling test; In vitro fertilization; Sperm morphology

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; EOSIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; NIGROSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; STAINING;

ACROSIN; ADULT; CELL SIZE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 9444278374     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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