Clinical aspects associated with Sertoli-cell-only histology

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 534-537

  Bettocchp, C ^a,b   Parkinson, M C ^a,b   Ralph, D J ^a,b   Pryor, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Primary testicular failure; Sertoli cell only syndrome

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINAL PLASMA; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 0031720759     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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