Testicular fine-needle aspiration versus testicular open biopsy: Comparable sperm retrieval rate in selected patients

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-42

  Nowroozi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Ahmadi, Hamed ^a   Ayati, Mohsen ^a   Jamshidian, Hasan ^a   Sirous, Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Follicular stimulating factor; sperm recovery rate; testicular fine needle aspiration; testicular histology; testicular open biopsy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERM RETRIEVAL RATE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS SIZE;

EID: 84860441402     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.94954     Document Type: Article

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