Correlation between testicular histology and outcome after intracytoplasmic sperm injection using testicular spermatozoa

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Tournaye, H ^a   Liu, J ^a   Nagy, P Z ^a   Camus, M ^a   Goossens, A ^b   Silber, S ^c   Van Steirteghem, A C ^a   Devroey, P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Maturation arrest; Sertoli cell only syndrome; Testicular spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APLASIA; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NIDATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030029393     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019004     Document Type: Article

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