ICSI outcome is significantly better with testicular spermatozoa in patients with necrozoospermia: A retrospective study

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-52

  Negri, Luciano ^a   Patrizio, Pasquale ^b   Albani, Elena ^a   Morenghi, Emanuela ^a   Benaglia, Renzo ^a   Desgro, Marcello ^a   Levi Setti, Paolo Emanuele ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Male infertility; Necrozoospermia; Testicular sperm extraction (TESE)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EJACULATED SPERM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; NECROZOOSPERMIA; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CELL SURVIVAL; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890484579     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2013.848427     Document Type: Article

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