Biotechnological approaches to the treatment of aspermatogenic men

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 157-167

  Aponte, Pedro Manuel ^a,b   Schlatt, Stefan ^c   de Franca, Luiz Renato ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Azoospermia; Biotechnology; Spermatogenesis; Spermatozoa; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RATS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 84875158639     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(Sup01)18     Document Type: Review

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