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Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Sperm from Infertile Males Undergoing Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

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Abstract

The successful implementation of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has provided a unique means to allow couples suffering from severe male infertility to achieve their reproductive goals. If the infertile man has a germ cell in the ejaculate or retrievable from the reproductive tract, ICSI can be carried out with remarkable fertilization results. However, despite the great therapeutic advantages of the technique, ICSI provides solutions to clinicians often in the absence of an etiologic or pathophysiologic diagnosis.

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  1. Division of Medical Genetics, Center for Pediatric Research, Norfolk, VA

    William G. Kearns

  2. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

    William G. Kearns

  3. Biomedical Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea

    Myung-Geol Pang

  4. Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK

    Darren Griffin

  5. Center for Pediatric Research, Division of Medical Genetics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

    Lesil Brihn & Michael Stacey

  6. Jones Institute for Women’s Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

    Gustavo F. Doncel & Sergio Oehninger

  7. Centro de Estudios en Ginecologia y Reproduccion, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Anabil A. Acosta

  8. Department of Biology, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

    Stanton F. Hoegerman

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Kearns, W.G. et al. (2000). Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Sperm from Infertile Males Undergoing Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection. In: Darby, I.A. (eds) In Situ Hybridization Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 123. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-677-0:307

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