Evaluation of a cut-off value for sperm motility after different hours of incubation to select the suitable reproductive technology (IVF or ICSI)

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 326-331

  Zollner, Ursula ^a,b   Martin, Stefanie ^a   Liebermann, Jürgen ^a   Steck, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Fertilization rate; In vitro fertilization (IVF); Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROMANIPULATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033033810     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780410.x     Document Type: Article

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