Distribution of spermatogenesis in the testicles of azoospermic men: The presence or absence of spermatids in the testes of men with germinal failure

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2422-2428

  Silber, Sherman J ^a   Nagy, Zsolt ^b   Devroey, Paul ^b   Tournaye, Herman ^b   Steirteghem, Andre C Van ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ICSI; Maturation arrest; Non obstructive azoospermia; Quantitative spermatogenesis; Sertoli cell only

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIRTH RATE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OBSTRUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0030830708     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.11.2422     Document Type: Article

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