Fine-needle aspiration cytology of the testis: Can it be a single diagnostic modality in azoospermia?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-27

  Srivastava, A ^a   Raghavendran, M ^a   Jain, M ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Chaudhary, H ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Follicle stimulating hormone; Hypospermatogenesis; In vitro fertilization; Intra cytoplasmic sperm injection; Maturation arrest; Sertoli cell only syndrome; Testicular biopsy; Vasoepididymal anastomoses

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSPERMIA; TESTIS;

EID: 3242744568     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078799     Document Type: Article

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