Enzymatic digestion of testicular tissue may rescue the intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycle in some patients with non-obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2791-2796

  Crabbe E ^a   Verheyen, G ^a   Silber, S ^b   Tournaye, H ^a   Van de Velde, H ^a   Goossens, A ^a   Van Steirteghem, A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymatic treatment; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Non obstructive azoospermia; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0031787128     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.10.2791     Document Type: Article

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