Testicular sperm results in elevated miscarriage rates compared to epididymal sperm in azoospermic patients

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 122-126

  Borges Jr , Edson ^a,b   Rossi Ferragut, Lia Mara ^a,c,e   Pasqualotto, Fábio Firmbach ^a,d   Dos Santos, Daniela Regina ^a   Rocha, Cláudia Chagas ^a   Iaconelli Jr , Assumpto ^a  

^a Fertility Centro de Fertilização Assistida Accredited Redlara center   (Brazil)

^b Comité de Reprodução Humana da Associação Paulista de Medicina ^*  (Brazil)

^c School of Medicine   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Spermatozoa retrieval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0037019433     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802002000400007     Document Type: Article

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