Impact of repeated testicular fine needle aspirations (TEFNA) and testicular sperm extraction (TESE) on the microscopic morphology of the testis: An animal model

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1795-1799

  Shufaro, Yoel ^a,b   Prus, Diana ^b   Laufer, Neri ^a   Simon, Alex ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; Non obstructive azoospermia; TEFNA; TESE; Tissue damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL DEGENERATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROSIS; GERM CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PUNCTURE; SCAR FORMATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUCTION; TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036063134     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.7.1795     Document Type: Article

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