Live birth from vitrified-warmed human oocytes fertilized with frozen-thawed testicular spermatozoa

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-201

  Swee, Lian Liow ^a   Lian, Cheun Foong ^b   Nai, Qing Chen ^a   Wan, Yue Yip ^a   Khaw, Chew Ling ^a   Kumar, Jothi ^b   Vajta, Gábor ^c   Soon, Chye Ng ^a,b  

^a Embryonics Int   (Singapore)

^b GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c PIVET Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryo; Non obstructive azoospermia; Oocyte; Spermatozoa; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; DYDROGESTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE THAWING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 69249126262     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60072-7     Document Type: Article

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