Posthumous sperm retrieval: Analysis of time interval to harvest sperm

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2890-2893

  Shefi, Shai ^a,b   Raviv, Gil ^a   Eisenberg, Michael L ^b   Weissenberg, Ruth ^a   Jalalian, Liza ^b   Levron, Jacob ^a   Band, Gili ^a   Turek, Paul J ^b   Madgar, Igael ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Male infertility; Posthumous; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; EPIDIDYMIS; EXCISION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; ISRAEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTHUMOUS CONCEPTION; POSTHUMOUS SPERM RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33749986053     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del232     Document Type: Article

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