… The HOST values were higher in the fertile group. The correlation between hypo-osmotic
swelling and semen variables was higher in the infertile group than in the fertile group. 2 …

… and infertile men and found … these two tests (Chan … study of the relationship between
semen quality and fertility in cases of unexplained infertility. J Androl. 1984;5:297-303. …

… samples collected from fertile men and from male patients consulting for infertility. These …
of the hypo-osmotic swelling test and both sperm count (r = 0.31, P<O.O05) and normal …

… test (HOST) has been used for treatment of males with … 1 ml of hypo-osmotic swelling solution
(Ham’s medium: sterile purified … Two hundred spermatozoa were counted for each sample …

… as a useful indicator of fertility potential of sperm. The HOS … , ie, a sign of both structural
and functional integrity of the … a semen analysis in the diagnosis of the infertile male ( 1, 3–5…

… the hypo-osmotic swelling test for identification of sperm with … no evidence of any pathology
associated with infertility. The … activity had been observed in both cases. We suggest that the …

… of the sperm membrane, as evidenced by a low hypo-osmotic … the infertility community to
add this test to the standard semen … fertility specialists who think that the HOS test and sperm …

… of the hypo-osmotic sperm swelling test for fertile and infertile … The results of this study
conflict with those of two previous … types of swelling response in sperm from men with difference …

… In the present study, the test was applied on patients with infertile marriages and to normal
fertile … Laboratory evaluation of the infertile male is undergoing dramatic advancement. …

… under hypo-osmotic conditions to get the equilibrium on both … to assess the male fertility on
the basis of sperm count, motile … activity in the semen of infertile men. Decrease in functions of …