Azoospermia and maturation arrest: Malfunction of valves in erect poster of humans leads to hypoxia in sperm production site

Andrologia

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 389-394

  Gat, Y ^a,b   Gornish, M ^b   Chakraborty, J ^c   Perlow, A ^b   Levinger, U ^d   Pasqualotto, F ^e  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MAAYANEI HAYESHUA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Institute of Biotechnology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Hypoxia; Male infertility; Testicular venous drainage; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EJACULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; MALE; MATURATION ARREST; MICROSURGERY; PREDICTION; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; VARICOCELE; VEIN BYPASS; VEIN VALVE;

ANOXIA; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PENIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELL-ONLY SYNDROME; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 78649601364     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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