Pregnancy following intracytoplasmic sperm injection of immotile spermatozoa selected by the hypo-osmotic swelling-test: A case report

Andrologia

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 241-242

  Ved, S ^a   Montag, M ^a   Schmutzler, A ^a   Prietl, G ^a   Haidl, G ^a   Van Der Ven, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Hypo osmotic swelling test; Immotile spermatozoa; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Sperm viability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CELL SELECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030824894     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1997.tb00477.x     Document Type: Article

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