Impact of fresh versus cryopreserved testicular sperm upon intracytoplasmic sperm injection pregnancy outcomes in men with azoospermia due to spermatogenic dysfunction: A meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 344-349

  Ohlander, Samuel ^a,b   Hotaling, James ^a   Kirshenbaum, Eric ^a   Niederberger, Craig ^a   Eisenberg, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Nonobstructive azoospermia

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA;

AZOOSPERMIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84893473669     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.10.012     Document Type: Article

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