Evaluation of the azoospermic male

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

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TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

AGENESIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EJACULATION; EJACULATORY DUCT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MICROSCOPY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS BIOPSY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAS DEFERENS;

ATROPHY; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EJACULATORY DUCTS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 55449129873     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.092     Document Type: Article

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