Percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the management of infertility due to obstructive azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1038-1042

  Craft, I ^a   Tsirigotis, M ^a   Bennett, V ^a   Taranissi, M ^a   Khalifa, Y ^a   Hogewind, G ^a   Nicholson, N ^a  

^a Cozens House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assisted fertilization; Obstructive azoospermia; percutaneous aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0028925147     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)57544-X     Document Type: Article

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