Crude cumulative delivery rate following ICSI using intentionally frozen-thawed testicular spermatozoa in 51 men with non-obstructive azoospermia

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-324

  Giorgetti, Claude ^a   Chinchole, J M ^a   Hans, E ^a   Charles, O ^a   Franquebalme, J P ^a   Glowaczower, E ^a   Salzmann, J ^a   Terriou, P ^a   Roulier, R ^a  

^a Institut de Medecine de la Reproduction   (France)

Author keywords

Frozen thawed spermatozoa; ICSI; Non obstructive azoospermia; Pentoxifylline; Pregnancy outcome; TESE

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE THAWING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARENCHYMA; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 24644436333     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60839-5     Document Type: Article

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