Cumulative experience of percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration (PESA) with intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-319

  Tsirigotis, M ^a   Pelekanos, M ^a   Beski, S ^a   Gregorakis, S ^a   Foster, C ^a   Craft, I L ^a  

^a London Gynaecology Fertility Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

azoospermia; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; percutaneous aspiration

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MICROINJECTION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PERCUTANEOUS EPIDIDYMAL SPERM ASPIRATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; CELL SEPARATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOA; SUCTION;

EID: 0029871144     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02070145     Document Type: Article

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