Fertilization rates of small-head sperm in conventional IVF and ICSI

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 327-329

  Kihaile, P ^a,b   Hirotsuru, K ^a   Kumasako, Y ^a   Misumi, J ^b   Utsunomiya, T ^a  

^a St Luke Hospital   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ICSI; IVF; Normal sperm morphology (NSM); Small head sperm (SHS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM;

EID: 79961199717     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010390219692     Document Type: Article

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