Virtual azoospermia and cryptozoospermia-fresh/frozen testicular or ejaculate sperm for better IVF outcome?

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 484-490

  Hauser, Ron ^a   Bibi, Guy ^a   Yogev, Leah ^a   Carmon, Ariella ^a   Azem, Foad ^a   Botchan, Amnon ^a   Yavetz, Haim ^a   Klieman, Sandra E ^a   Lehavi, Ofer ^a   Amit, Ami ^a   Ben Yosef, Dalit ^a,b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Nonobstructive azoospermia; Testicular sperm; Testicular sperm extraction (TESE)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOZOOSPERMIA; EJACULATE SPERM CELL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; FRESH TESTICULAR SPERM; FROZEN TESTICULAR SPERM; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM CELL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS CELL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EJACULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROCEDURES; SPERM PRESERVATION; TESTIS;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 80455168354     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.011353     Document Type: Article

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