Reproductive capacity of spermatozoa from men with testicular failure

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2796-2800

  Ubaldi, Filippo ^a   Nagy, Zsolt Peter ^a   Rienzi, Laura ^a   Tesarik, Jan ^b   Anniballo, Reno ^a   Franco, Giorgio ^c   Menchini Fabris, Fabrizio ^d   Greco, Ermanno ^a  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b LABORATOIRE D EYLAU   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Fertilization; ICSI; Implantation; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 0032709509     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.11.2796     Document Type: Article

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