The influence of sperm motility and cryopreservation on the treatment outcome after intracytoplasmic sperm injection following testicular sperm extraction

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1313-1321

  Hessel, Marloes ^a   Robben, Johanna C M ^a   D'Hauwers, Kathleen W M ^a   Braat, Didi D M ^a   Ramos, Liliana ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Male infertility; Pregnancy rate; Sperm motility; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84955182342     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12769     Document Type: Article

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