Systematic fine-needle aspiration of the testis: Correlation to biopsy and results of organ 'mapping' for mature sperm in azoospermic men

Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 743-748

  Turek, Paul J ^a   Cha, Imok ^a   Ljung, Britt Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TESTIS BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0030956661     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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