Predictive value of testicular histology in secretory azoospermic subgroups and clinical outcome after microinjection of fresh and frozen-thawed sperm and spermatids

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1800-1810

  Sousa, M ^a,b   Cremades, N ^a   Silva, J ^a   Oliveira, C ^a   Ferraz, L ^b   Teixeira Da Silva, J ^a   Viana, P ^a   Barros, A ^b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Non obstructive azoospermia; Spermatids; Spermatogenesis; Testicular histopathology; Testicular sperm

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; BUSERELIN ACETATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; OOCYTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 0036069224     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.7.1800     Document Type: Article

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