Quantification of seminal germ cells in azoospermia: Correlations with testicular histology and TESE outcome

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-254

  Yeung, C H ^a   Beiglbock Karau L ^a   Luetjens, C M ^a   Wunsch, A ^a   Nieschlag, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ejaculate; Flow cytometry; Semen analysis; Spermatogenesis; Testis histology

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROLACTIN; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 65549097718     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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