Does age at orchidopexy impact on the results of testicular sperm extraction?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 778-783

  Wiser, A ^a,b   Raviv, G ^a,b   Weissenberg, R ^a,b   Elizur, S E ^a,b   Levron, J ^a,b   Machtinger, R ^a,b   Madgar, I ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Cryptorchidism; Infertility; Orchidopexy; Testis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ORCHIOPEXY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS;

EID: 77449103242     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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