A prospective study of multiple needle biopsies versus a single open biopsy for testicular sperm extraction in men with non-obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3075-3080

  Ezeh, U I O ^a   Moore, H D M ^a,b   Cooke, I D ^a  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Needle biopsy; Non obstructive azoospermia; TESE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIDIDYMIS; EXTRACTION; HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031753717     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.11.3075     Document Type: Article

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