A. Van Steirteghem

TL;DR: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection is used to treat couples with infertility because of severely impaired sperm characteristics, and in whom IVF and SUZI had failed.

TL;DR: The alterations in maternal thyroid function during gestation are intricate and far from fully understood, and regulation of the maternal thyroid is complex, resulting from both elevated hCG and increasing TSH.

TL;DR: The late 20th century trend to delay birth of the first child until the age at which female fecundity or reproductive capacity is lower has increased the incidence of age-related infertility and stimulated interest in the possible factors in the female and the male that may contribute to the decline in fecundities with age.

TL;DR: In this study, a total of 15 azoospermic patients suffering from testicular failure were treated with a combination of testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and three ongoing pregnancies out of 12 replacements were established.