Sperm retrieval techniques for assisted reproduction

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 570-583

  Esteves, Sandro C ^a   Miyaoka, Ricardo ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^b  

^a Androfert   (Brazil)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted; Azoospermia; Infertility; Male; Reproductive techniques; Review; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD;

AZOOSPERMIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84860784301     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382011000500002     Document Type: Review

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