Microdissection testicular sperm extraction in men with Sertoli cell-only testicular histology

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1282-1286

  Berookhim, Boback M ^a   Palermo, Gianpiero D ^a   Zaninovic, Nikica ^a   Rosenwaks, Zev ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; Male infertility; Sperm retrieval; Testicular failure

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICRODISSECTION; MICRODISSECTION TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; ORCHITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HISTORY OF CHEMOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TESTIS HISTOLOGY; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERTOLI CELL ONLY SYNDROME; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL SEPARATION; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERTOLI CELL-ONLY SYNDROME; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84922032021     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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