Subtotal obstruction of the male reproductive tract

Urological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-24

  Dohle, G R ^a   Van Roijen, J H ^a   Pierik, F H ^a   Vreeburg, J T M ^a   Weber, R F A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Male genital tract; Male infertility; Oligozoospermia; Subtotal obstruction

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM OBSTRUCTION; MALE INFERTILITY; OBSTRUCTION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0037906268     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-003-0295-4     Document Type: Article

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