Freezing of testicular tissue as a minced suspension preserves sperm quality better than whole-biopsy freezing when glycerol is used as cryoprotectant

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-48

  Crabbe E ^a   Verheyen, G ^a   Tournaye, H ^a   Van Steirteghem, A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Cryopreservation; Glycerol; Male infertility; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL TYPE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUSPENSION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0032903505     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1999.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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