Multiple testicular sampling in non-obstructive azoospermia - Is it necessary?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3081-3085

  Hauser, R ^a,b   Botchan, A ^a   Amit, A ^a   Ben Yosef, D ^a   Gamzu, R ^a   Paz, G ^a   Lessing, J B ^a   Yogev, L ^a   Yavetz, H ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

ICSI; Non obstructive azoospermia; Spermatogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; RETE TESTIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0031754010     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.11.3081     Document Type: Article

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