Menotropin (hMG) and idiopathic oligoastenoteratozoospermia (OAT): Effects on seminal fluid parameters and on results in ICSI cycles

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-21

  Beretta, Giovanni ^a,b,d   Fino, Egidio ^b   Sibilio, Luigi ^a,c   Dilena, Michelangelo ^b  

^a Andrology Unit   (Italy)

^b Andrology Service Promea   (Italy)

^c University Hospital Maggiore della Carita   (Italy)

^d Centro Italiano Fertilita Sessualita   (Italy)

Author keywords

ICSI; Menotropin (hMG); Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT); Seminal evaluation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE STERILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PARAMETER; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS SIZE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENOTROPINS; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 17644413277     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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