Low pregnancy rate is achieved in patients treated with intracytoplasmic sperm injection due to previous low or failed fertilization in in-vitro fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-70

  Tomás, Candido ^a,c   Orava, Mauri ^a   Tuomivaara, Leena ^b   Martikainen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Family Federation of Finland   (Finland)

^c AVA Clinic   (Finland)

Author keywords

ICSI; Low fertilization; Oocyte activation; Oocyte defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031906532     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.1.65     Document Type: Article

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