Partial obstruction of the seminal path, a frequent cause of oligozoospermia in men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3402-3405

  Belmonte, Ignacio Galmés ^a,b   De Serrano, Manuel Nistal Martin ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^b Assisted Reproduction Institute Dexeus García del Real   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Obstructive oligozoospermia; Partial obstruction; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANGIECTASIS; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIUM; LEYDIG CELL; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0032424076     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.12.3402     Document Type: Article

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