Fine needle aspiration biopsy of azoospermic testes: Could it replace histologic biopsy?

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 967-975

  Abdulla, M A ^a   Al Salim, A L ^a   Al Juwaiser, A ^a   Francis, I ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Azoospermia; Testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0033658107     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328618     Document Type: Article

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