Yield and efficacy of biopty gun testis needle biopsy

Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 604-607

  Morey, Allen F ^a   MacDonald, Michael F ^a   Rozanski, Thomas A ^a   Natarajan, Sridhar ^a   Thompson, Ian M ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPTY GUN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SAFETY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SKIN INCISION; TESTIS BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; TESTIS;

EID: 0033104376     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00551-2     Document Type: Article

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