Can we justify spermatid microinjection for severe male factor infertility?

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-222

  Aslam, Irfan ^a   Fishel, Simon ^a   Green, Steve ^a   Campbell, Alison ^a   Garratt, Louise ^a   McDermott, Helen ^a   Dowell, Ken ^a   Thornton, Simon ^a  

^a Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted conception; Male infertility; Microinjection; Spermatids

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; BIRTH RATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; SPERMATIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031688948     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.3.213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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