The use of immunofluorescence in microdissection testicular sperm extraction

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 548-551

  Greenhalgh, Jason R ^a   Griffith, Thomas S ^a   Wald, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Intracytoplasmic sperm injections; Male infertility; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICRODISSECTION; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 70349500214     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006049     Document Type: Article

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