Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 727-732 , March 2009

A comparison of post-thaw results between embryos arising from intracytoplasmic sperm injection using surgically retrieved or ejaculated spermatozoa

  • Rita de Cássia Savio Figueira, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility–Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Camila Madaschi, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility–Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Marcílio Nichi, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Department of Animal Reproduction, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Débora Rodrigues, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility–Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Fábio Firmbach Pasqualotto, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, Brazil
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  • Assumpto Iaconelli Jr., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility–Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sapientiae Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, Brazil
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  • Edson Borges Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility–Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sapientiae Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Edson Borges, Jr, M.D., Ph.D., Fertility–Assisted Fertilization Center, Av. Brigadeiro Luis Antônio 4545, São Paulo, SP 01402-001, Brazil (FAX: 55-11-38859858).

Received 6 September 2007 ,Revised 19 December 2007 ,Accepted 19 December 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)04341-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.063

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 727-732 , March 2009

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