Optimal use of fresh and frozen-thawed testicular sperm for intracytoplasmic sperm injection in azoospermic patients

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 389-394

  Wu, Bin ^a,b   Wong, Diana ^a   Lu, Suzhen ^a   Dickstein, Stephen ^a   Silva, Marta ^a   Gelety, Timothy J ^a  

^a Arizona Center for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; In vitro maturation; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 28744448149     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-7481-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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