The Outcome of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Using Occasional Spermatozoa in the Ejaculate of Men With Spermatogenic Failure

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1060-1064

  Bendikson, Kristin A ^a   Neri, Queenie V ^a   Takeuchi, Takumi ^a   Toschi, Marco ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a   Palermo, Gianpiero D ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

infertility; intracytoplasmic; male; pregnancy; sperm injections; spermatozoa; testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48649098767     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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