The impact of woman's age and sperm parameters on fertilization rates in IVF cycles

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-159

  Ashkenazi, Jacob ^a   Orvieto, Raoul ^a   Gold Deutch, Ruth ^a   Feldberg, Dov ^a   Dicker, Dov ^a   Voliovitch, Isachar ^a   Ben Rafael, Zion ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fertilization rate; IVF; Sperm parameters; Woman's age

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0029916093     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-2115(96)02396-2     Document Type: Article

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