A new power Doppler ultrasound guiding technique for improved testicular sperm extraction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 430-434

  Har Toov, Joseph ^a   Eytan, Osnat ^a   Hauser, Ron ^a,b   Yavetz, Haim ^a,b   Elad, David ^b   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a,b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROLOGY; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

EID: 1242306503     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.020     Document Type: Article

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