Is there a future for spermatid injections?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 71-84

  Vanderzwalmen, P ^a   Nijs, M ^a   Stecher, A ^b   Zech, H ^b   Bertin, G ^a   Lejeune, B ^a   Vandamme, B ^a   Chatziparasidou, A ^c   Prapas, Y ^c   Schoysman, R ^a  

^a Schoysman Infertility Mgmt Found   (Belgium)

^b Inst Vitro Fertilisierung Embryo T   (Austria)

^c Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Oocyte activation; Spermatid identification; Spermatid injection; Spermatogenic arrest

Indexed keywords

CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROINJECTION; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; SCREENING; SPERMATID; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032450627     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_4.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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