Intracytoplasmic injection with late spermatids: A successful procedure in achieving childbirth for couples in which the male partner suffers from azoospermia due to deficient spermatogenesis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 559-561

  Araki, Yasuhisa ^a   Motoyama, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yoshida, Atsumi ^a   Kim, Sang Yong ^a   Sung, Hiro ^a   Araki, Shigeo ^b  

^a Institute of Advanced Medical Technology Central Clinic   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

azoospermia; intracytoplasmic sperm spermatid injection; Late spermatids; testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL ISOLATION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0031028791     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)80086-6     Document Type: Article

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