The relationship between sperm morphology and rates of fertilization, pregnancy and spontaneous abortion in an in-vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection programme

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2676-2681

  Lundin, Kersti ^a   Söderlund, Brita ^a   Hamberger, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human; In vitro fertilization; Sperm morphology; Strict criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 2642680073     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.12.2676     Document Type: Article

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