Clinical management of male infertility in assisted reproduction: ICSI and beyond

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 5 PART 2, 2011, Pages

  Oehninger, S ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; ICSI; Male infertility; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOCORTIN 5; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C ZETA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZP2 PROTEIN; ZP3 PROTEIN;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CENTROSOME; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMETE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; NIDATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 80053384649     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01143.x     Document Type: Review

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