Why treat the male in the Era of assisted Reproduction?

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-114

  Alukal, Joseph P ^a   Lipshultz, Larry I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SCREENING TEST; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; VARICOCELE; VASECTOMY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449099964     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202299     Document Type: Article

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