Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 672-674 , 15 January 2010

Comparison of outcomes of conventional intracytoplasmic sperm injection and intracytoplasmic sperm injection using sperm bound to the zona pellucida of immature oocytes

  • Marlene Black, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Services and Melbourne IVF, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • De Yi Liu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: De Yi Liu, Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia (FAX: 61-3-8345 3706).
    • ,
  • Harold Bourne, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Services and Melbourne IVF, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • H.W. Gordon Baker, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Services and Melbourne IVF, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Received 28 July 2009 ,Revised 24 August 2009 ,Accepted 25 August 2009.

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 M.B. has nothing to dislcose. D.Y.L. has nothing to disclose. H.B. has nothing to disclose. H.W.G.B. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03617-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.08.063

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 672-674 , 15 January 2010

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