Comparison of sperm retrieval and reproductive outcome in azoospermic men with testicular failure and obstructive azoospermia treated for infertility

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 602-606

  Esteves, Sandro C ^a   Prudencio, Christina ^a   Seol, Bill ^a   Verza Jr , Sidney ^a   Knoedler, Christopher ^b   Agarwal, Ashok ^b  

^a ANDROFERT Center for Male Reproduction ^*  (Brazil)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

infant; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; obstructive azoospermia; pregnancy outcome; sperm retrieval; testicular failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MICRODISSECTION; OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM DONOR; SPERM RETRIEVAL RATE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR FAILURE; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904761822     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.126015     Document Type: Article

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