Azoospermia: Virtual reality or possible to quantify?

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-490

  Cooper, T G ^a   Hellenkemper, B ^a   Jonckheere, J ^b   Callewaert, N ^b   Grootenhuis, A J ^c   Kersemaekers, W M ^c   Leung, A ^d   Wang, C ^d  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^b Bio Analytical Research Corporation nv   (Belgium)

^c NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

AZOOSPERMIA; CENTRIFUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CENTRIFUGATION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM COUNT;

EID: 33746457360     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05210     Document Type: Review

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