Fine needle aspiration vs. mTESE in non-obstructive azoospermia

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 595-601

  El Haggar, S ^a   Mostafa, T ^a   Abdel Nasser, T ^a   Hany, R ^a   Abdel Hadi, A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; FNA; Male infertility; NOA; TESE; Testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; BLEEDING; CALCIFICATION; DEVASCULARIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MIDDLE AGED; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

EID: 55449131378     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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