Pregnancies after ICSI using sperm with abnormal head-tail junction from two brothers: Case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 562-567

  Porcu, G ^a   Mercier, G ^b,c   Boyer, P ^b   Achard, V ^c   Banet, J ^a   Vasserot, M ^c   Melone, C ^b   Saias Magnan, J ^a   D'Ercole, C ^d   Chau, C ^d   Guichaoua, M R ^a,e  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^e Laboratoire de Biogénotoxicologie et Mutagenèse Environnementale EA1784   (France)

Author keywords

Decapitated sperm defect; ICSI; Male infertility; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONALF; LEUPRORELIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GIRL; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0037340201     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg121     Document Type: Article

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