Comparison of efficacy of two techniques for testicular sperm retrieval in nonobstructive azoospermia: Multifocal testicular sperm extraction versus multifocal testicular sperm aspiration

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-33

  Hauser, Ron ^a   Yogev, Leah ^b   Paz, Gedalia ^b   Yavetz, Haim ^b   Azem, Fuad ^b   Lessing, Joseph B ^b   Botchan, Amnon ^b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arrest of spermatogenesis; Hypospermatogenesis motility; Male infertility; Sertoli cell only

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFOCAL TESTICULAR SPERM ASPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL SEPARATION; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 30844438127     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05055     Document Type: Article

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