Flow cytometric ploidy analysis of testicular biopsies from sperm-negative wet preparations

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 977-983

  Coskun, Serdar ^a   Tbakhi, Abdelghani ^a   Jaroudi, Kamal A ^a   Uzumcu, Mehmet ^a,b   Merdad, Talal A ^a   Al Hussein, Khalid A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Histopathology; Spermatozoa; Testicular biopsy; Wet preparation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL CYCLE PARAMETERS; CELL SUSPENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAPLOIDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; PLOIDY; SAMPLING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0036103056     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.4.977     Document Type: Article

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