Variability in testis biopsy interpretation: Implications for male infertility care in the era of intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 672-677

  Cooperberg, Matthew R ^a   Chi, Thomas ^a   Jad, Amir ^a   Cha, Imok ^b   Turek, Paul J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Testis biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFACT; AZOOSPERMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPERM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

EID: 24944536731     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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