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Hemizona assay: Use of fresh versus salt-stored human oocytes to evaluate sperm binding potential to the zona pellucida

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Salt-stored human oocytes (pH 7.0) showed sperm binding ability equal to that of fresh, living oocytes under hemizona assay (HZA) conditions.

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  1. Reproductive Biology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tygerberg Hospital, 7505, Tygerberg, Republic of South Africa

    Thinus F. Kruger & Daniel R. Franken

  2. The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 855 West Brambleton Avenue, Suite B, 23510, Norfolk, Virginia

    Sergio Oehninger & Gary D. Hodgen

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Kruger, T.F., Oehninger, S., Franken, D.R. et al. Hemizona assay: Use of fresh versus salt-stored human oocytes to evaluate sperm binding potential to the zona pellucida. J Assist Reprod Genet 8, 154–156 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01131706

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