The treatment of obstructive azoospermia by intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Andrologie

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-38

  Lewis, Sheena E M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear DNA; Obstructive azoospermia; Testicular sperm; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AZOOSPERMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE FERTILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VASECTOMY;

EID: 33645077042     PISSN: 11662654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03034829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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