Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 931.e7-931.e11 , March 2009

A birth from the transfer of a single vitrified-warmed blastocyst using intracytoplasmic sperm injection with calcium ionophore oocyte activation in a globozoospermic patient

  • Koichi Kyono, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Kyono ART Clinic, Mitsui-Seimei, Honcho, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Koichi Kyono, Kyono ART Clinic, Mitsui-Seimei, Sendai Honcho Bld, 3F, 1-1-1, Honcho, Aobaku, Sendai 980-0014, Japan (FAX: 81-22-722-8840).
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  • Yukiko Nakajo, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Kyono ART Clinic, Mitsui-Seimei, Honcho, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan
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  • Chikako Nishinaka, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Kyono ART Clinic, Mitsui-Seimei, Honcho, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan
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  • Hiromitsu Hattori, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Kyono ART Clinic, Mitsui-Seimei, Honcho, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan
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  • Toshihiko Kyoya, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Kyono ART Clinic, Mitsui-Seimei, Honcho, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan
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  • Takayuki Ishikawa, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Kyono ART Clinic, Mitsui-Seimei, Honcho, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Abe, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Jyounan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Yasuhisa Araki, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for ARMT, Ishii, Fujimi, Setagun, Gunma, Japan

Received 29 July 2008 ,Revised 27 September 2008 ,Accepted 3 October 2008.

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 K.K. has nothing to disclose. Y.N. has nothing to disclose. C.N. has nothing to disclose. H.H. has nothing to disclose. T.K. has nothing to disclose. T.I. has nothing to disclose. H.A. has nothing to disclose. Y.A.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04131-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.002

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 931.e7-931.e11 , March 2009

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