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Advantages and disadvantages of the original migration-sedimentation method according to Tea et al. (1984). |
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Disadvantages |
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| - usually very clean fraction of highly motile spermatozoa |
- the original method is restricted to ejaculates of high sperm count and good motility |
| - reactive oxygen species are reduced |
- the original method has a very low recovery rate |
| - very gentle separation method |
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| - special glass or plastic tubes are required |
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| - tubes are more expensive and relatively sensitive |
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| - for repeated use in IVF, glass and plastic tubes must be sterilized |
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Henkel and Schill Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2003 1:108 doi:10.1186/1477-7827-1-108 |
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