Interest of pentoxifylline in ICSI with frozen-thawed testicular spermatozoa from patients with non-obstructive azoospermia

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-18

  Griveau, Jean François ^a   Lobel, Bernard ^b   Laurent, Marie Christine ^c   Michardière, Laurence ^a   Le Lannou, Dominique ^a  

^a Hotel Dieu CHU Rennes   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; ICSI; Non obstructive azoospermia; Pentoxifylline; Testicular spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30944451159     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60974-1     Document Type: Article

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