Some reflections on intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-112

  Ebner, Thomas ^a   Shebl, Omar ^a   Oppelt, Peter ^a   Mayer, Richard Bernhard ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA; ICSI; Sperm head; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BLASTOCYST; CELL VACUOLE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EJACULATION; GAMETE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC MORPHOLOGICALLY SELECTED SPERM INJECTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTILE SPERM ORGANELLE MORPHOLOGY EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84904096777     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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