Testicular needle aspiration as an alternative to biopsy for the assessment of spermatogenesis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1483-1487

  Craft, Ian ^a   Tsirigotis, Marinos ^a,c   Courtauld, Elizabeth ^b   Farrer Brown, Geoffrey ^b  

^a London Gynaecology Fertility Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Farrer Brown Histopathology   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Cytology; Histology; Needle aspiration; Testes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0030770460     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.7.1483     Document Type: Article

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