Establishment of predictive variables associated with testicular sperm retrieval in men with non-obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1005-1012

  Taub, N A ^a,b   Moore, H D M ^a,b,c   Cooke, I D ^a,b  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Diagnostic index; Germ cells; Prediction; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATERNAL AGE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATID; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 0032891213     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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