Successful pregnancy and delivery following intracytoplasmic injection of frozen-thawed nonviable testicular sperm and oocyte activation with calcium ionophore

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-14

  Ahmady, Ali ^a,b   Michael, Essam ^a  

^a Astra Fertility Clinic   (Canada)

^b University Fertility Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONOPHORES; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 33845978400     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.000174     Document Type: Article

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