Transfer of cryopreserved embryos improved pregnancy rates in patients with damage to the functional integrity of the sperm membrane as measured by the hypo-osmotic swelling test

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1241-1244

  Check, J H ^a   Baker, A ^a   Benfer, K ^a   Lurie, D ^a   Katsoff, D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo freezing; implantation rates; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOMERE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029941206     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)58348-4     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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