High implantation and pregnancy rates with testicular sperm extraction and intracytoplasmic sperm injection in obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 673-676

  Kahraman, S ^a   Ozgur S ^a   Alatas C ^a   Aksoy, S ^a   Balaban, B ^a   Evrenkaya, T ^a   Nuhoglu A ^a   Tasdemir M ^a   Biberoglu K ^a   Schoysman, R ^b   Vanderzwalmen, P ^b   Nijs, M ^b  

^a Sevgi Hospital   (Turkey)

^b SIMAF Van Helmont Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Non obstructive azoospermia; Obstructive azoospermia; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM; TESTIS;

EID: 9244257336     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.3.673     Document Type: Article

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