Comparison of two ready-to-use systems designed for sperm-hyaluronic acid binding selection before intracytoplasmic sperm injection: PICSI vs. Sperm Slow: A prospective, randomized trial

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 632-637

  Parmegiani, Lodovico ^a   Cognigni, Graciela Estela ^a   Bernardi, Silvia ^a   Troilo, Enzo ^a   Taraborrelli, Stefania ^a   Arnone, Alessandra ^a   MacCarini, Antonio Manuel ^a   Filicori, Marco ^a  

^a GynePro Medical Centers   (Italy)

Author keywords

HA ICSI; Hyaluronic acid sperm selection; physiologic ICSI; PICSI; Sperm Slow

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PICSI SPERM SELECTION DEVICE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERM; SPERM SLOW; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84865698907     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.05.043     Document Type: Article

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