To ICSI or not to ICSI

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 92-102

  Palermo, Gianpiero D ^a   Neri, Queenie V ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

in vitro fertilization; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; male infertility; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE; PHYSICIAN; POLYSPERMY; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930004342     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1546825     Document Type: Article

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