Probability of sperm recovery in non-obstructive azoospermic patients presenting with testes volume less than 10 ml/FSH level exceeding 20 mIU/ml

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-231

  Hibi, Hatsuki ^a,d   Ohori, T ^a   Yamada, Y ^b   Honda, N ^b   Asada, Y ^c  

^a Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Asada Lady's Clinic   (Japan)

^d Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

FSH; NOA; Non obstructive azoospermia; Sperm; TESE ICSI; Testis volume

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NON OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS SIZE;

ADULT; ATROPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 18544371850     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850190884354     Document Type: Article

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