Severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermias, secretory and obstructive azoospermias: Motility as a criterion of sperm viability

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 125-129

  Molina, I ^a   Alfonso, J ^b   Duque, C C ^a   Garcia Reboll L ^a   Perez Camps M ^c   Romeu, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b Reproductive Medicine Institute (IMER)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epididymal aspiration; Frozen thawed sperm; Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia; Sperm motility; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS BIOPSY; THAWING;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 34247394109     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-006-9080-y     Document Type: Article

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