The use of enzymatic procedures to recover testicular germ cells

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1682-1687

  Crabbé, Evelyne ^a   Verheyen, Greta ^a   Tournaye, Herman ^a   Van Steirteghem, André ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Collagenase; Enzymatic methods; Germ cell; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; ELASTASE; GELATINASE A;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0030884439     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1682     Document Type: Article

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