Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Hospital of Rotterdam, Ziekenhuis Dijkzigt, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 G. D. Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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The role of cervical mucus-semen interaction in infertility of unknown aetiology
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb05926.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 91, Issue 4, pages 371–376, April 1984
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SCHATS, R., AITKEN, R. J., TEMPLETON, A. A. and DJAHANBAKHCH, O. (1984), The role of cervical mucus-semen interaction in infertility of unknown aetiology. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 371–376. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb05926.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 23 May 1983; Accepted 10 September 1983
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An in-vitro penetration assay, which incorporates measurements of sperm motility and forward velocity, was used to investigate sperm-cervical mucus interaction in 20 couples with unexplained infertility. Evidence of impaired cervical mucus penetration was found in this group of patients and in seven couples the results correlated with previous assessment by laparoscopic sperm recovery. The impairment of cervical mucus penetration was found to be due to defective sperm function rather than to the quality of the cervical mucus itself. Of the criteria of semen quality measured in this study, sperm motility and the zona-free hamster egg penetration test showed significant correlations with cervical mucus penetration.