Diagnostic Accuracy of an Initial Azoospermic Reading Compared With Results of Post-Centrifugation Semen Analysis After Vasectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2119-2123

  Steward, Bonika ^a   Hays, Melissa ^a   Sokal, David ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

azoospermia; centrifugation; semen; sensitivity and specificity; vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CENTRIFUGATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 53249153444     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.07.062     Document Type: Article

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