Fertility and Sterility
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 529-533, March 2003

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection with testicular spermatozoa is less successful in men with nonobstructive azoospermia than in men with obstructive azoospermia☆

Presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology; Vienna, Austria; June 30–July 3, 2002; nominated for the Promising Young Clinician Award by the ESHRE Scientific Committee.

  • Valérie Vernaeve, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Valérie Vernaeve, M.D., Center for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, B-1090, Belgium (FAX: 32-2-477-65-49).
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  • Herman Tournaye, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Kaan Osmanagaoglu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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  • Greta Verheyen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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  • André Van Steirteghem, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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  • Paul Devroey, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Brussels, Belgium

Received 19 February 2002; received in revised form 24 July 2002; accepted 24 July 2002.

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☆ Supported by grants from the Belgian Fund for Medical Research, Flanders, Belgium.

PII: S0015-0282(02)04809-4

doi:10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04809-4

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 529-533, March 2003

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