High-magnification selection of spermatozoa prior to oocyte injection: Confirmed and potential indications

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-13

  Boitrelle, F ^a,b   Guthauser, B ^a,b   Alter, L ^a,b   Bailly, M ^a,b   Bergere, M ^a,b   Wainer, R ^a,b   Vialard, F ^a,b   Albert, M ^a,b   Selva, J ^a,b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

human spermatozoa; IMSI; MSOME; outcome; pregnancy rate; vacuole

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SELECTION; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON HEAD; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMAN SPERMATOZOA; IMSI; MSOME; OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; VACUOLE;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; VACUOLES;

EID: 84891746021     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.09.019     Document Type: Review

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