Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in obstructive and son-obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1974-1979

  Mansour, R T ^a   Kamal, A ^a   Fahmy, I ^b   Tawab, N ^a   Serour, G I ^a   Aboulghar, M A ^a,b  

^a Egyptian IVF ET Center   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Epididymal spermatozoa; Spermatids; Spermatozoa ICSI; Testicular spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS BIOPSY; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030782620     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.9.1974     Document Type: Article

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