Morphological and morphometric attributes of epididymal and testicular spermatozoa following surgical sperm retrieval for obstructive and nonobstructive azoospermia

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 358-367

  Wood, S ^a,b   Aziz, N ^a   Millar, A ^a   Schnauffer, K ^a   Meacock, S ^a   El Ghobashy, A ^a   Lewis Jones, I ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Epididymal testicular morphology; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OBSTRUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS;

EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0347478166     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0303-4569.2003.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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