Clinical and laboratory management of male infertility: An opinion on its current status

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 814-821

  Oehninger, S ^a  

^a Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; DNA; GONADOTROPIN;

CHROMATIN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MANAGEMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0033754032     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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