Application of the fertilase®-laser system versus the conventional mechanical method to immobilize spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection: A randomized controlled trial

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-105

  Debrock, Sophie ^a   Spiessens, Carl ^a   Afschrift, Hilde ^a   Van Der Auwera, Ingrid ^a   D'Hooghe, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ICSI; Immobilization of spermatozoa; Non contact laser system technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LASER; MALE; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON IMMOBILIZATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0042413659     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072995     Document Type: Article

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