Pregnancy and birth after intracytoplasmic sperm injection with normal testicular spermatozoa in a patient with azoospermia and tail stump epididymal sperm

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1220-1225

  Povlsen, Betina B ^a   Da Aw, Lin ^a   Laursen, Rita J ^a   Esteves, Sandro C ^b   Humaidan, Peter ^a,c  

^a SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Androfert   (Brazil)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Sperm injections, intracytoplasmic; Sperm retrieval; Sperm tail

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84983134162     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0296     Document Type: Article

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