Use of testicular versus ejaculated sperm for intracytoplasmic sperm injection among men with cryptozoospermia: a meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1469-1475.e1

  Abhyankar, Nikita ^a   Kathrins, Martin ^b   Niederberger, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptozoospermia; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; testicular sperm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CRYPTOZOOSPERMIA; EJACULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; META ANALYSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS;

AZOOSPERMIA; COHORT STUDIES; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84959307834     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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