Intracytoplasmic sperm injection with testicular spermatozoa is less successful in men with nonobstructive azoospermia than in men with obstructive azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 529-533

  Vernaeve, Valérie ^a   Tournaye, Herman ^a   Osmanagaoglu, Kaan ^a   Verheyen, Greta ^a   Van Steirteghem, André ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Fertilization; ICSI; Pregnancy; TESE; Testicular sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APLASIA; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037338173     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04809-4     Document Type: Article

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