Azoospermia due to spermatogenic failure

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-113

  Berookhim, Boback M ^a,b   Schlegel, Peter N ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Male infertility; Medical therapy; Microdissection TESE (microTESE); Nonobstructive azoospermia; Testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL THERAPY; MICRODISSECTION-TESE (MICROTESE); NONOBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CRYPTORCHIDISM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84888305266     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: 1558318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2013.08.004     Document Type: Review

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