Timing of testicular sperm retrieval procedures and in vitro fertilization-intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 380-383

  Levran, David ^a,b   Ginath, Shimon ^a   Farhi, Jacob ^a   Nahum, Hana ^a   Glezerman, Marek ^a   Weissman, Ariel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; ICSI; IVF; Male infertility; Testicular sperm aspiration; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TESTIS;

ADULT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0034900164     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01908-2     Document Type: Article

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