Search
hyaluronan sperm binding test
Indications:
- evaluation of infertility
Clinical significance:
- sperm that are able to bind to hyaluroic acid mature & have completed the spermiogenetic processes of sperm plasma membrane remodeling, cytoplasmic extrusion, & nuclear histone-protamine replacement
Related
hyaluronate; hyaluronic acid; hyaluronan
General
spermatozoa in semen; sperm count
References
- Huszar G et al
Hyaluronic acid binding by human sperm indicates cellular
maturity, viability, and unreacted acrosomal status.
Fertil Steril. 2003 Jun;79 Suppl 3:1616-24.
PMID: 12801568
Component-of
semen analysis