Fertilization and pregnancy using cryopreserved testicular sperm for intracytoplasmic sperm injection with azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-179

  Ishikawa, Tomomoto ^a   Shiotani, Masahide ^b   Izumi, Yoko ^b   Hashimoto, Hiromi ^b   Kokeguchi, Shoji ^b   Goto, Sakae ^b   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Japan)

^b Hanabusa Women's Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; fertility; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELIVERY; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHASE; NIDATION; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS; THAWING;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 67649094924     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.051     Document Type: Article

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