Male-factor infertility: Do we really need urologists? A gynaecological view

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1188-1190

  Nicopoullos, J D M ^a   Gilling Smith, C ^a   Ramsay, J W A ^a,b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Gynaecologist; Male factor infertility; Sperm retrieval; Urologist

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BROMOCRIPTINE; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KALLIKREIN;

AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIGATION; MALE INFERTILITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; UROLOGY; VARICOCELE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SPERM;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SEMEN; UROLOGY;

EID: 2942715300     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2004.04804.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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