Treatment of severe male infertility by micromanipulation-assisted fertilization: An update

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-114

  Tesarik, Jan ^a,b   Mendoza, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Molecular Assisted Reproduction and Genetics   (Spain)

Author keywords

High magnification icsi; Laserassisted icsi; Male infertility; Maturation arrest; Micromanipulation assisted fertilization; Oocyte activation failure; Polscope; Review; Sperm dna damage; Teratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248145309     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2051     Document Type: Article

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