Correlation between idiopathic leukocytospermia, embryo quality and outcome of IVF and ICSI procedures;Correlazione tra leucocitospermia idiopatica, qualità embrionaria ed outcome delle procedure FIVET ed ICSI

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 413-420

  Vicino, M ^a   Loverro, G ^a   Simonetti, S ^a   Mei, L ^a   Selvaggi, L ^a  

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Author keywords

Fertilization in vitro; Intracytoplasmatic sperm injection; Spermatozoa immunology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033222497     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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