Isolating sperm by selecting those with normal nuclear morphology prior to intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) does not provide better pregnancy rates compared to conventional ICSI in women with repeated conception failure with in vitro fertilization

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-17

  Check, J H ^a   Bollendorf, A ^a   Summers Chase, D ^a   Yuan, W ^a   Horwath, D ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fragmentation index; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; IVF failure; Nuclear morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM ISOLATION;

EID: 84876212403     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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