Assisted reproduction in the azoospermic couple

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1190-1203

  Nicopoullos, James D M ^a   Ramsay, Jonathan W A ^b   Almeida, Paula A ^a   Gilling Smith, Carole ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN B;

AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMAL SPERM RETRIEVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTICULAR SPERM RETRIEVAL;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HOMOLOGOUS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 8144221023     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00202.x     Document Type: Review

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