Intracytoplasmic injection of spermatids retrieved from testicular tissue: Influence of testicular pathology, type of selected spermatids and oocyte activation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1203-1213

  Vanderzwalmen, P ^a   Zech, H ^b   Birkenfeld, A ^c   Yemini, M ^c   Bertin, G ^a   Lejeune, B ^a   Nijs, M ^a   Segal, L ^a   Stecher, A ^b   Vandamme, B ^a   Van Roosendaal, E ^a   Schoysman, R ^a  

^a Schoysman Infertility Mgmt Found   (Belgium)

^b Inst F Vitro Fertilisierung E   (Austria)

^c Diamond Inst Infertility Menopause   (United States)

Author keywords

ICSI; Non obstructive azoospermia; Oocyte activation; Spermatid injection; Spermatogenic arrest

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IONOPHORE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIRTH RATE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; OBSTRUCTION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS BIOPSY; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030949629     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1203     Document Type: Article

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