Multiple pregnancies obtained by testicular spermatid injection in combination with intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 104-110

  Kahraman, S ^a,b   Polat, G ^a   Samli, M ^a   Sozen E ^a   Ozgun O D ^a   Dirican, K ^a   Ozbicer T ^a  

^a Sevgi Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Dept of Reproductive Endocrinology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Multiple pregnancy; Testicular spermatid injection

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIRTH RATE; CELL SHAPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETUS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRONUCLEUS; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0031931142     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.1.104     Document Type: Article

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