Relationship between testicular sperm extraction and varicocelectomy in patients with varicocele and nonobstructive azoospermia

Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-77

  Zampieri, Nicola ^a,b,c   Bosaro, Laura ^b   Costantini, Claudio ^b   Zaffagnini, Stefano ^b   Zampieri, Gianfranco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Tethys   (Italy)

^c Department of Surgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMIOGRAM; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM RETRIEVAL; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84879554028     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.03.037     Document Type: Article

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