The motility of epididymal or testicular spermatozoa does not directly affect IVF/ICSI pregnancy outcomes

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 619-623

  Moghadam, Kenneth K ^a   Nett, Reed ^a   Robins, Jared C ^a   Thomas, Michael A ^a   Awadalla, Sherif G ^b   Scheiber, Michael D ^b   Williams, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Reproductive Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Epididymal sperm; Infertility; Testicular sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CRYOPRESERVATION RATE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENITAL TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

ADULT; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 23844435551     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05018     Document Type: Article

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