Decrease in testosterone blood concentrations after testicular sperm extraction for intracytoplasmic sperm injection in azoospermic men

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9121, 1998, Pages 37-

  Manning, Martina ^a   Jünemann, Klaus Peter ^b   Alken, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXTRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032482663     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79518-0     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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