ASSESSMENT OF THE ACROSOME REACTION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFERTILITY


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Flow cytometric analysis of the sperm acrosome reaction enables one to effectively diagnose infertility caused by sperm dysfunctions in the presence of normal spermogram readings.

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M A NIKOLAEVA

E L GOLUBEVA

I V UShAKOVA

L V VAN'KO

V A BOZhEDOMOV

G T SUKhIKh

M A Nikolaeva

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Ye L Golubeva

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

I V Ushakova

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

L V Vanko

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

V A Bozhedomov

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

G T Sukhikh

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow

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