Reproductive outcome of men with azoospermia due to cryptorchidism using assisted techniques

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Haimov Kochman, R ^a   Prus, D ^b   Farchat, M ^a   Bdolah, Y ^a   Hurwitz, A ^a  

^a Vitro Fertilization Unit   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Cryptorchidism; Outcome; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CRYPTORCHISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE INFERTILITY; ORCHITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

AZOOSPERMIA; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; ORCHIOPEXY; PREGNANCY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74349130618     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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