Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 87-91 , January 2010

Predictive Factors of Repeat Sperm Aspiration Success

  • Edson Borges Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility-Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sapientiae Institute, Educational and Research Center in Assisted Reproduction, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Edson Borges Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Fertility-Assisted Fertilization Center, Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antônio, São Paulo, SP 01401-002 Brazil
    • ,
  • Daniela Paes de Almeida Ferreira Braga

      Affiliations

    • Fertility-Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Sapientiae Institute, Educational and Research Center in Assisted Reproduction, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Tatiana Carvalho de Sousa Bonetti

      Affiliations

    • Sapientiae Institute, Educational and Research Center in Assisted Reproduction, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Fabio Firmback Pasqualotto

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biotechnology, Caxias do Sul University, Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    • ,
  • Assumpto Iaconelli Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility-Assisted Fertilization Center, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 25 September 2008 ,Accepted 11 February 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)00313-6

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.02.045

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 87-91 , January 2010

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