Laboratory processing and intracytoplasmic sperm injection using epididymal and testicular spermatozoa: What can be done to improve outcomes?

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 125-130

  Popal, Wana ^a   Nagy, Zsolt P ^a  

^a REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Human spermatozoa; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Non Obstructive azoospermia; Obstructive azoospermia; Testicular biopsy

Indexed keywords

AZOOSPERMIA; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

EID: 84875208069     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(Sup01)14     Document Type: Review

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