Outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection with testicular spermatozoa in obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1015-1018

  Devroey, P ^a   Nagy, P ^a   Tournaye, H ^a   Liu, J ^a   Silber, S ^b   Van Steirteghem, A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Non obstructive azoospermia; Obstructive azoospermia; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROINJECTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0029998004     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019288     Document Type: Article

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