Optimal number of biopsies and impact of testicular histology on the outcome of testicular sperm extraction

Urology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 795-801

  Dadkhah, Farid ^a,b   Hosseini, Seyed Jalil ^a   Gilani, Mohamad Ali Sadighi ^a   Farrahi, Faramarz ^a   Amini, Erfan ^b   Kazeminejad, Behrang ^b  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Histology; Infertility; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; STATISTICS; TESTIS;

AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; MALE; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS;

EID: 84876977202     PISSN: 17351308     EISSN: 1735546X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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