Andrology: Conventional in-vitro fertilization versus intracytoplasmic sperm injection for patients requiring microsurgical sperm aspiration

Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1705-1709

  Silber, Sherman J ^a   Nagy, Zsolt P ^b   Liu, Jiaen ^b   Godoy, Hugo ^b   Devroey, Paul ^b   Van Steirteghem, André C ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epididymal; Fertilization; Injection; Intracytoplasmic; Sperm

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0028141957     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138778     Document Type: Article

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