Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 515-518 , March 2007

Comparing intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in vitro fertilization in patients with single oocyte retrieval

  • Itai Gozlan, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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  • Alon Dor, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Brandeis University, School of Arts and Sciences, Waltham, Massachusetts
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  • Betty Farber, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • IVF Unit, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer,Israel, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Dror Meirow, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • IVF Unit, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer,Israel, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Shira Feinstein, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • IVF Unit, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer,Israel, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Jacob Levron, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • IVF Unit, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer,Israel, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jacob Levron, M.D., IVF Unit, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel (FAX: 972-3-5341589).

Received 15 February 2006 ,Revised 31 July 2006 ,Accepted 31 July 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)04032-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1515

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 515-518 , March 2007

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