The diagnosis and treatment of male infertility in the new millennium

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 116-136

  Marmar, J L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

(review article 184 references); Chromosomal anomalies; Genetic testing; ICSI; IVF; Microchip analysis; Microsurgery; Semen characteristics; Sperm function; Sperm quality; Testicular biopsy (sperm acquisition)

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CRYPTORCHISM; EJACULATORY DUCT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KALLMANN SYNDROME; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; MICROSURGERY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS BIOPSY; VARICOCELE;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; SEMEN; TIME FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034939630     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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