Men medically assisted to reproduce: AID, IVF, and ICSI, an assesment of the revolution in the medical treatment of male factor infertility

Population

Volumn 58, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 487-521

  de La Rochebrochard, Élise ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DISEASE TREATMENT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749622837     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3246653     Document Type: Article

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