Testicular Sperm Retrieval in Azoospermic Men

European Urology, Supplements

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 703-714

  Pantke, Peter ^a   Diemer, Thorsten ^a   Marconi, Marcelo ^a   Bergmann, Martin ^a   Steger, Klaus ^a   Schuppe, Hans Christian ^a   Weidner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Non obstructive azoospermia; Obstructive azoospermia; Spermatogenesis; TESE

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AZOOSPERMIA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYPTORCHISM; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MICROSURGERY; MICROSURGICAL EPIDIDYMAL SPERM ASPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS INJURY;

EID: 52949151863     PISSN: 15699056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eursup.2008.07.006     Document Type: Review

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