Induction of spermatogenesis by inguinal varicocele repair in azoospermic men

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Cakan M ^a,b   Altug U ^a  

^a SSK Ankara Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Induction; Spermatogenesis; Varicocele repair

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATURATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 3042822468     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010490425250     Document Type: Article

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