A comparison of the bovine cervical mucus penetration test and the postcoital test.
In 68 ejaculates an in vitro bovine cervical mucus penetration-test (Penetrak) was compared to the postcoital-test and the spermiogram. There was a positive correlation between the Penetrak-Test and concentration, motility, and morphology of the spermatozoa, however there was no correlation to the postcoital test. In connection with the PCT, the bovine mucus penetration-test seems to be a useful tool in the exploration of male infertility.
Abteilung für gynäkologische Endokrinologie Universitätsfrauenklinik Frankfurt am Main Budesrepublik Deutschland.
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000502:physiology*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003075:Coitus; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions