Aggressive sperm immobilization prior to intracytoplasmic sperm injection with immature spermatozoa improves fertilization and pregnancy rates

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1023-1029

  Palermo, Gianpiero D ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Colombero, Liliana T ^a   Zaninovic, Nikica ^a   Moy, Fred ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymal spermatozoa; ICSI; Sperm immobilization; Sperm membrane structure; Testicular spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROINJECTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029947152     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019290     Document Type: Article

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