A laboratory modification to testicular sperm preparation technique improves spermatogenic cell yield

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 852-857

  Ozkavukcu, Sinan ^a   Ibis, Ebru ^a   Kizil, Sule ^a   Isbacar, Suheyla ^a   Aydos, Kaan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive techniques; azoospermia; gradient density centrifugation; sperm yield; testicular sperm extraction

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GERM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABORATORY; MALE; OOCYTE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERM; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE SECTION; CYTOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84908496201     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.132468     Document Type: Article

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