Sperm retrieval for intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection in non-obstructive azoospermia

Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-107

  Colpi, G M ^a,c   Piediferro, G ^a   Nerva, F ^a   Giacchetta, D ^a   Colpi, E M ^b   Piatti, E ^a  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale San Paolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

ICSI; Microsurgical TESE; Non obstructive azoospermia; TeFNA; TESE; Testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ABORTION; AZFA GENE; AZFB GENE; AZOOSPERMIA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL ISOLATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOSPERMATOGENESIS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; MICROSURGICAL TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SPERM; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE;

HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TESTIS;

EID: 22144434858     PISSN: 03932249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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