Sperm Retrieval and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection in Men With Nonobstructive Azoospermia, and Treated and Untreated Varicocele

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 1500-1505

  Inci, Kubilay ^a   Hascicek, Metin ^b   Kara, Onder ^a   Dikmen, Ayse Veyhurda ^a   Gürgan, Timur ^a   Ergen, Ali ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

azoospermia; infertility; male; sperm retrieval; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; VARICOCELE;

EID: 69749128152     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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