Sperm Acquisition in Nonobstructive Azoospermia: What Are the Options?

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-242

  Harris, Stephanie E ^a   Sandlow, Jay I ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE DELETION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; KARYOTYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 41949130314     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2008.01.008     Document Type: Review

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