Fertility and Sterility
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Pages 627-632 , April 1999

Fertilization after standard in vitro fertilization versus intracytoplasmic sperm injection in subfertile males using sibling oocytes

Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 18–22, 1997.

  • Margareta D Pisarska, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
    • ,
  • Peter R Casson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
    • ,
  • Pauline L Cisneros, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
    • ,
  • Dolores J Lamb, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    • Scott Department of Urology.
    • Department of Cell Biology.
    • ,
  • Larry I Lipshultz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    • Scott Department of Urology.
    • ,
  • John E Buster, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
    • ,
  • Sandra A Carson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sandra A. Carson, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin, Suite 801 Houston, Texas 77030 (FAX: 713-798-8431)

Received 16 July 1998 ,Revised 23 November 1998 ,Accepted 23 November 1998.

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Fertility and Sterility
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