Fertility potential after unilateral orchiopexy: Simultaneous testicular biopsy and orchiopexy in a cohort of 87 patients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1061-1065

  Cortes, D ^a,b   Thorup, J M ^a,b   Lindenberg, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cryptorchism; FSH; LH; spermatogonia; testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYPTORCHISM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030034070     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66392-4     Document Type: Article

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