Limiting the number of injected oocytes to three impairs ICSI outcomes in patients with nonobstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1521-1524

  Greco, E ^a   Ubaldi, F ^a   Rienzi, L ^a   Iacobelli, M ^a   Ferrero, S ^a   Minasi, G ^a   Romano, S ^a   Litwicka, C ^a   Tesarik, Jan ^b  

^a EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Molecular Assisted Reproduction and Genetics (MARandGen) Clinic   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; ICSI; Nonobstructive azoospermia; Oocyte number; Testicular sperm

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONASI; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 33749072538     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del001     Document Type: Article

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