Power Doppler ultrasound mapping in nonobstructive azoospermic patients prior to testicular sperm extraction

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-283

  Tunç, Lütfi ^a,b   Alkibay, T ^a   Kupeli B ^a   Tokgoz H ^a   Bozkirli, I ^a   Aygun C ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ukurambar Mh   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Nonobstructive azoospermia; Power Doppler ultrasound; Sperm retrieval rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; VASCULARIZATION;

CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOZOA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79961142031     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850190924098     Document Type: Article

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