Testicular biopsy in patients with obstructive azoospermia

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1546-1554

  Nistal, Manuel ^a,b   Riestra, María Luisa ^b   Galmés Belmonte, Ignacio ^c   Paniagua, Ricardo ^d  

^a AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Germ cell quantitations obstruction; Male infertility; Obstructive azoospermia; Testicular biopsy; Testicular meiotic anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; EJACULATORY DUCTS; EPIDIDYMITIS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM COUNT; SYNDROME; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0032752857     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199912000-00013     Document Type: Article

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