Delivery of normal twins following the intracytoplasmic injection of spermatozoa from a patient with 47,XXY Klinefelter's syndrome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2447-2450

  Bourne, Harold ^a   Stern, Kate ^a   Clarke, Gary ^a   Pertile, Mark ^a   Speirs, Andrew ^a,b   Baker, H W Gordon ^a,b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

47,XXY; Ejaculated spermatozoa; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Klinefelter's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NEWBORN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TWINS;

EID: 0030731505     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.11.2447     Document Type: Article

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