Normal pregnancies resulting from testicular sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection for azoospermia due to maturation arrest

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-117

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

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

azoospermic maturation arrest; intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Testicular sperm extraction (TESE)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROINJECTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030012682     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)58396-4     Document Type: Article

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