Surgical recovery of sperm in non-obstructive azoospermia

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-115

  Ishikawa, Tomomoto ^a  

^a Ishikawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

azoospermia; micro TESE; sperm retrieval; TESE

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MICRODISSECTION; NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR SPERM ASPIRATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS;

EID: 84855464469     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.61     Document Type: Review

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