Incidental testicular cancers that subsequently developed in oligozoospermic and azoospermic patients: report of three cases

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1374-1376

  Kanto, Satoru ^a   Takahashi, Katsuharu ^a   Maehara, Ikuo ^a   Fukuzaki, Atsushi ^a   Kyono, Koichi ^a   Arai, Yoichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infertility; male reproduction; oligozoospermia; testicular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTICULAR SELF EXAMINATION; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS SIZE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35648969567     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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