Large needle percutaneous aspiration biopsy of the testicle in men with nonobstructive azoospermia: technical performance

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 557-560

  Carpi, Angelo ^a   Fabris, Fabrizio Giuseppe Menchini ^a   Todeschini, Giuseppe ^a   Nardini, Vincenzo ^a   Toldin, Maria Rosaria Parisen ^a   Nicolini, Andrea ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Needle size; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS;

EID: 33750326774     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2006.07.088     Document Type: Article

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