The use of the modified hypo-osmotic swelling test for the selection of immotile testicular spermatozoa in patients treated with ICSI: A randomized controlled study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3435-3440

  Sallam, Hassan N ^a,b   Farrag, Ashraf ^a,b   Agameya, Abdel Fattah ^a,b   El Garem, Yehia ^a,b   Ezzeldin, Fathy ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria Fertility Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Hypo osmotic swelling test; ICSI; Immotile spermatozoa; Total asthenospermia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; OSMOSIS; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 28544446455     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei249     Document Type: Article

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