Technical modification of testicular sperm extraction expedites testicular sperm retrieval

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 281-284

  Haimov Kochman, Ronit ^a   Imbar, Tal ^a   Lossos, Francine ^a   Nefesh, Iris ^a   Zentner, Bat Sheva ^a   Moz, Yulia ^a   Prus, Diana ^a   Bdolah, Yuval ^a   Hurwitz, Arye ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; sperm retrieval; technique; testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

AZOOSPERMIA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 58049202975     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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