Failure of oocyte activation after intracytoplasmic sperm injection using round-headed sperm

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-122

  Battaglia, David E ^a,b   Koehler, James K ^b   Klein, Nancy A ^a   Tucker, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium ionophore; Fertilization; Globozoospermia; ICSI; Oocyte activation

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM IONOPHORE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

EID: 0030745302     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81486-0     Document Type: Article

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