Triplet pregnancy achieved through intracytoplasmic sperm injection with spermatozoa obtained by prostatic massage of a paraplegic patient

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1546-1548

  Marina, Simon ^a,b   Marina, Fernando ^a   Alcolea, Ruth ^a   Nadal, Javier ^a   Pons, M Carme ^a   Grossmann, Mark ^a   Expósito, Rosabel ^a   Vidal, Joan ^a  

^a CENTRO MÉDICO TEKNON   (Spain)

^b University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

ICSI; Paraplegic; Pregnancy; Prostatic massage; Spinal cord injured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASSAGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARAPLEGIA; PROSTATE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0033032962     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.6.1546     Document Type: Article

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