Extended sperm preparation: An alternative to testicular sperm extraction in non-obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1222-1226

  Ron El, R ^a   Strassburger, D ^a   Friedler, S ^a   Komarovski, D ^a   Bern, O ^a   Soffer, Y ^a   Raziel, A ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Testicular spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0030911180     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1222     Document Type: Article

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