Isolation, purification and assessment of viability of spermatogenic cells from testicular biopsies of azoospermic men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 639-645

  Aslam, Irfan ^a   Robins, Adrian ^b   Dowell, Ken ^a   Fishd, Simon ^a  

^a Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FACS; Male infertility; Microinjection; Spermatid; Velocity sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL VIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS BIOPSY; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0031894583     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.639     Document Type: Article

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