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Enhancement of sperm motility can effectively improve assisted reproductive technique outcomes. Here we describe two (pentoxifylline and platelet-activating factor) popular sperm motility enhancers and their respective methods.
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Archer, S.L., Roudebush, W.E. (2013). Enhancement of Sperm Motility Using Pentoxifylline and Platelet-Activating Factor. In: Carrell, D., Aston, K. (eds) Spermatogenesis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 927. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-038-0_21
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