Microdissection testicular sperm extraction: An update

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-39

  Dabaja, Ali A ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

azoospermia; genetics; male infertility; microsurgery; non obstructive azoospermia; sperm retrieval; testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; TAMOXIFEN;

AZOOSPERMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME DELETION Y; CRYPTORCHISM; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MICRODISSECTION; MICROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SPERM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84872173083     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2012.141     Document Type: Review

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