Intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection versus conventional intracytoplasmic sperm injection: A randomized controlled trial

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  La Sala, Giovanni Battista ^a,b   Nicoli, Alessia ^a   Fornaciari, Eleonora ^a   Falbo, Angela ^a   Rondini, Ilaria ^a   Morini, Daria ^a   Valli, Barbara ^a   Villani, Maria Teresa ^a   Palomba, Stefano ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ICSI; IMSI; Intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; MSOME; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC MORPHOLOGICALLY SELECTED SPERM INJECTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS DELIVERY; THAWING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84940205944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0096-y     Document Type: Article

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