Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 1002-1008 , September 2009

Evaluation of human sperm function after being cryopreserved within the zona pellucida

  • Yinghui Ye, M.D., Ph.D.
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  • Chenming Xu, PhD.
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  • Yuli Qian, B.Sc.
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  • Fan Jin, M.D.
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  • Hefeng Huang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hefeng Huang, M.D., Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Xueshi Road 1, Hangzhou, 31006, China (FAX: 86-571-87217044).

Received 8 April 2008 ,Revised 5 July 2008 ,Accepted 15 July 2008.

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 Y.Y. has nothing to disclose. C.X. has nothing to disclose. Y.Q. has nothing to disclose. F.J. has nothing to disclose. H.H. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by the National 863 program (grant No. 20060102A1022 & 2007AA02Z456), National 973 program (2006CB504004 & 2006CB944006), the Health Bureau of Zheijiang Province (grant No. 2004QN015) and the National Science Foundation of China (grant No. 30300371).

PII: S0015-0282(08)03266-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1737

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 1002-1008 , September 2009

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