Evidence that oligoasthenozoospermia may be an etiologic factor for spontaneous abortion after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 545-548

  Kiefer, Daniel ^a   Check, Jerome H ^a,b   Katsoff, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Oligoasthenozoospermia; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030880419     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00235-5     Document Type: Article

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