Successful sperm retrieval by percutaneous epididymal and testicular sperm aspiration

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 437-440

  Levine, Laurence A ^a   Lisek, Ernst W ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility, male; Insemination; Oligospermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0031985234     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63943-0     Document Type: Article

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