Morphology of spermatozoa used in IVF and ICSI from oligozoospermic men

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 212-215

  H⊘st, Erik ^a   Ernst, Erik ^b   Lindenberg, Svend ^a,c   Smidt Jensen, Steen ^c  

^a Ciconia Research and Development Aps   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

fertilization rate; morphology; oligozoospermia; pregnancy rate; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85006100056     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62038-X     Document Type: Article

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