Are spermatid injections of any clinical value? ROSNI and ROSI revisited

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 509-515

  Silber, Sherman J ^a   Johnson, Larry ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ICSI; Maturation arrest; Spermatids; TESE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL MATURATION; CELL SHAPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; REVIEW; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0031944756     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.509     Document Type: Review

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