Outcomes in couples undergoing ICSI: Comparison between fresh and frozen-thawed surgically retrieved spermatozoa

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 343-349

  Ulug, Ulun ^a   Bener, Faruk ^a   Karagenc, Levent ^a   Ciray, Nadir ^a   Bahceci, Mustafa ^a,b  

^a German Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Azer Is Merkezi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Epididymis; Frozen thawed; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Spermatozoa; Testis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIDATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; THAWING;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28344445697     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2005.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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