Spermatogenesis in the contralateral testis of patients with testicular germ cell cancer: Histological evaluation of testicular biopsies and a comparison with healthy males

BJU International

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1079-1085

  Dieckmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Linke, Jörg ^b   Pichlmeier, Uwe ^c   Kulejewski, Magdalena ^a   Loy, Volker ^b  

^a ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumour; Spermatogenesis; Testicular biopsy; Testicular dysgenesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS DYSGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 34247177444     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06686.x     Document Type: Article

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