The ICSI procedure from past to future: A systematic review of the more controversial aspects

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 194-227

  Rubino, Patrizia ^a   Viganò, Paola ^a   Luddi, Alice ^b   Piomboni, Paola ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertilization failure; Globozoospermia; ICSI; Metaphase I oocyte; Oocyte activation; Sperm; Zona free oocyte

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL DEGENERATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERTILIZATION; GLOBOZOOSPERMIA; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; METAPHASE; OOCYTE; POLAR BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON; TRENDS;

ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHASE; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84959861525     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmv050     Document Type: Review

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