Sperm retrieval for obstructive azoospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

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ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; MICROSURGICAL EPIDIDYMAL SPERM ASPIRATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS EPIDIDYMAL SPERM ASPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS BIOPSY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATORY DUCTS; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 55449100204     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.047     Document Type: Article

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