The outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection is unrelated to 'strict criteria' sperm morphology

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1019-1022

  Svalander, Peter ^a   Jakobsson, Ann Helene ^a   Forsberg, Ann Sofie ^a   Bengtsson, Anna Carin ^a   Wikland, Matts ^a  

^a Carlanderska Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Sperm morphology; Strict criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROINJECTION; NIDATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; SPERM;

EID: 0029936062     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019289     Document Type: Article

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