Use of electively cryopreserved microsurgically aspirated epididymal sperm with IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection for obstructive azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 696-701

  Janzen, Nicolette ^a,b   Goldstein, Marc ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Palermo, Gianpiero D ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Epididymal sperm; ICSI; IVF; MESA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 0033800159     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01496-5     Document Type: Article

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