Decreased fertilization rate and embryo quality after ICSI in oligozoospermic men with microdeletions in the azoospermia factor c region of the Y chromosome

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 289-292

  Van Golde, Ron J T ^a   Wetzels, Alex M M ^a   De Graaf, Ruurd ^a   Tuerlings, Joep H A M ^a   Braat, Didi D M ^a   Kremer, Jan A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction outcome; ICSI; Male infertility; Microdeletions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035130979     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.2.289     Document Type: Article

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