Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: Offering hope for a term pregnancyand a healthy child?: We need a common approach to definition and detection of birth defects

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7118, 1997, Pages 1245-1246

  Mitchell, allen a ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; BIRTH DEFECT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPERMATOZOA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030715271     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7118.1245     Document Type: Editorial

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