Effect of abnormal sperm head morphology on the outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection in humans

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1214-1217

  Taşdemir, Işik ^a,c   Taşdemir, Murat ^a   Tavukçuoģlu, Şafak ^a   Kahraman, Semra ^b   Biberoģlu, Kutay ^b  

^a Florence Nightingale Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b Sevgi Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Mehmet Ali Bey Sokak No:10 D:5 K   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Pregnancy rate; Sperm head morphology; Teratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842368499     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1214     Document Type: Article

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