Is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) a safe procedure? What do we learn from early pregnancy data about ICSI?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 440-443

  Govaerts, I ^a   Koenig, I ^a   Van Den Bergh, M ^a   Bertrand, E ^a   Revelard, Ph ^a   Englert, Y ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ICSI; IVF; Pregnancy; Safety

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROINJECTION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPERM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0029933141     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.2.440     Document Type: Article

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