Influence of individual sperm morphology on fertilization, embryo morphology, and pregnancy outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-48

  De Vos, Anick ^a   Van de Velde, Hilde ^a   Joris, Hubert ^a   Verheyen, Greta ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a   Van Steirteghem, André ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assisted fertilization; Embryo morphology; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Male infertility; Oocyte fertilization; Sperm cell morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; EMBRYO; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYO; INFERTILITY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MICROSCOPE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

EJACULATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0037229218     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04571-5     Document Type: Article

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