Beneficial effect of tamoxifen on sperm recovery in infertile men with nonobstructive azoospermia

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 194-198

  Moein, Mohammad Reza ^a   Tabibnejad, N ^a   Ghasemzadeh, J ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Male infertility; Microinjection; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN CITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; SERTOLI CELL; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84861516234     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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