Treatment policy after poor fertilization in the first IVF cycle

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-21

  Roest, Jan ^a   Van Heusden, Arne M ^a   Zeilmaker, Gerard H ^b   Verhoeff, Arie ^a  

^a Zuiderziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertilization failure; Poor fertilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SPERM COUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031940399     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022570120207     Document Type: Article

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