Selection of birefringent spermatozoa under Polscope: Effect on intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 734-738

  Ghosh, S ^a   Chattopadhyay, R ^a   Bose, G ^a   Ganesh, A ^b   Das, S ^c   Chakravarty, B N ^a  

^a Institute of Reproductive Medicine   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenozoospermia; Azoospermia; Birefringence; ICSI; Polscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWELLING; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861488802     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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