A practical approach to testicular biopsy interpretation for male infertility

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1197-1204

  Cerilli, Lisa A ^a   Kuang, Wayne ^b   Rogers, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE;

ARTIFACTS; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

EID: 77955352466     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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