Role of transrectal ultrasonography in the evaluation of azoospermic men with low-volume ejaculate

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 825-829

  Raviv, Gil ^a,b   Mor, Yoram ^a   Levron, Jacob ^a   Shefi, Shai ^a   Zilberman, Dorit ^a   Ramon, Jacob ^a   Madgar, Igal ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Testicular sperm retrieval; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HORMONES; MUTAGENESIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AZOOSPERMIA; KARYOTYPING; TESTICULAR SPERM RETRIEVAL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EJACULATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33745714852     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.7.825     Document Type: Article

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