Identification of spermatozoa and round spermatids in the ejaculates of men with spermatogenic failure

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 816-819

  Hendin, Benjamin N ^a   Patel, Brijesh ^a   Levin, Howard S ^b   Thomas Jr, Anthony J ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGENESIS DYSFUNCTION; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; COLORING AGENTS; EJACULATION; EJACULATORY DUCTS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDIGOTINDISULFONATE SODIUM; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NEUTRAL RED; OLIGOSPERMIA; PICRATES; SEMEN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031775656     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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