Large-needle percutaneous aspiration biopsy of the testicle in men with nonobstructive azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 464-465

  Carpi, Angelo ^a   Fabris, Fabrizio Giuseppe Menchini ^a   Todeschini, Giuseppe ^a   Nardini, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; OLIGOSPERMIA; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS;

EID: 33746350196     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.053     Document Type: Article

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