Does the cause of obstructive azoospermia affect the outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection: A meta-analysis

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1282-1286

  Nicopoullos, J D M ^a   Gilling Smith, C ^a   Ramsay, J W A ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Congenital absence of vas deferens; ICSI; Obstruction; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 2942700321     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.04817.x     Document Type: Article

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