Induction of spermatogenesis in azoospermic men after varicocele repair

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-112

  Pasqualotto, Fábio F ^a   Lucon, Antônio M ^a   Hallak, Jorge ^a   Góes, Plínio M ^a   Saldanha, Luiz B ^a   Arap, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azoospermia cryopreservation; Semen; Sperm; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

APLASIA; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSURGERY; OLIGOSPERMIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0037254065     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg032     Document Type: Article

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