Successful Pregnancy after Intracytoplasmic Injection of a Single Testicular Spermatozoon into a Human Oocyte: A Case Report

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Suganuma, Nobuhiko ^a   Asada, Yoshimasa ^a   Yamamoto, Masanori ^a   Moriwaki, Takayuki ^a   Kitagawa, Takeshi ^a   Tomoda, Yutaka ^a   Mishima, Atsushi ^a   Miyake, Koji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Pregnancy; Testicular sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ADULT; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0030122569     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1996.tb00951.x     Document Type: Article

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