Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 900-904 , August 2010

The effectiveness of intracytoplasmic sperm injection combined with piezoelectric stimulation in infertile couples with total fertilization failure

  • Volkan Baltaci, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Özge Üner Ayvaz, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Gen Art Woman Health and Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Evrim Ünsal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Gen Art Woman Health and Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Evrim Ünsal, Gen Art Woman Health and IVF Center, Cinnah cad. 47/A, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey.
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  • Yasemin Aktaş, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Gen Art Woman Health and Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Aysun Baltacı, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Gen Art Woman Health and Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Feriba Turhan, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Gen Art Woman Health and Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Sarp Özcan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Gen Art Woman Health and Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Murat Sönmezer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara University Center for Research on Human Reproduction, Ankara, Turkey

Received 20 February 2009 ,Revised 24 March 2009 ,Accepted 27 March 2009.

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 V.B. has nothing to disclose. O.U.A. has nothing to disclose. E.U. has nothing to disclose. Y.A. has nothing to disclose. A.B. has nothing to disclose. F.T. has nothing to disclose. S.O. has nothing to disclose. M.S. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00777-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.107

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 900-904 , August 2010

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