Morphology of testicular spermatozoa obtained by testicular sperm extraction in obstructive and nonobstructive azoospermic men and its relation to fertilization success in the in vitro fertilization - Intracytoplasmic sperm injection system

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 376-381

  Yavetz, Haim ^a   Yogev, Leah ^a   Kleiman, Sandra ^a   Botchan, Amnon ^a   Hauser, Ron ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Paz, Gedalia ^a   Gamzu, Ronni ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Azoospermia; Testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ADULT; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0035051348     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2001.tb02193.x     Document Type: Article

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