The effect of the 2004 Italian law on outcomes of assisted reproduction technology in severe male factor infertility

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-10

  La Sala, G B ^a   Nicoli, A ^a   Capodanno, F ^a   Rondini, I ^a   Villani, M T ^a   Iannotti, F ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Cryptozoospermia; Delivery; ICSI; Pregnancy; Severe oligozoospermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYTOZOOSPERMIA; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; ITALY; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRODUCTIVITY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEVERE MALE FACTOR INFERTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77149134015     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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