High fertilization rate obtained after intracytoplasmic sperm injection with 100% nonmotile spermatozoa selected by using a simple modified hypo- osmotic swelling test

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 373-375

  Liu, Jiaen ^a   Compton, Gail ^b   Tsai, Yieh Loong ^b   Garcia, Jairo E ^b   Katz, Eugene ^b   Baramki, Theodore A ^b  

^a GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthenospermia; Hypo osmotic swelling test; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0342894820     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81533-6     Document Type: Article

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