Intracytoplasmic sperm injection and pregnancy with decapitated sperm

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1347.e7-1347.e12

  Gambera, Laura ^a,b   Falcone, Patrizia ^c   Mencaglia, Luca ^c   Collodel, Giulia ^a   Serafini, Francesca ^a,b   De Leo, Vincenzo ^a,b   Piomboni, Paola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Liasion Committee Florence Office   (Italy)

Author keywords

decapitated sperm; FISH; ICSI; pregnancy; TEM

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONASI; HYDROCORTISONE; INHIBIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIRTH; CASE REPORT; CENTRIOLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DECAPITATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MALE STERILITY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 76949139570     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.087     Document Type: Article

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