Presence of mature sperm in testicular parenchyma of men with nonobstructive azoospermia: Prevalence and predictive factors

Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-96

  Mulhall, John P ^b   Burgess, Colleen M ^b   Cunningham, Donna ^b   Carson, Ronald ^b   Harris, Doria ^b   Oates, Robert D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031019511     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00356-1     Document Type: Article

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