Pregnancy after intracytoplasmic sperm injection of spermatozoa extracted from frozen-thawed testicular biopsy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2197-2199

  Fischer, R ^a   Baukloh, V ^a   Naether, O G J ^a   Schulze, W ^b   Salzbrunn, A ^b   Benson, D M ^b  

^a IVF Unit   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Ovarian stimulation; Sperm preparation; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; SPERM; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0029804889     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019075     Document Type: Article

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