Testicular and epididymal percutaneous sperm aspiration in men with either obstructive or nonobstructive azoospermia

Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 328-332

  Levine, Laurence A ^a   Dimitriou, Robert J ^a   Fakouri, Bejan ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL VIABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OOCYTE; PERCUTANEOUS SPERM ASPIRATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TESTIS;

EID: 0042123567     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00374-1     Document Type: Article

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