Salvage hormonal therapy after failed microdissection testicular sperm extraction: A multi-institutional prospective study

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 496-500

  Shiraishi, Koji ^a   Ishikawa, Tomomoto ^b   Watanabe, Noriko ^c   Iwamoto, Teruaki ^d   Matsuyama, Hideyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Rheumatology Clinic   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA SANNO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d International University of Health and Welfare Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hormonal therapy; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Leydig cells; Microdissection testicular sperm extraction; Non obstructive azoospermia

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SERTOLI CELL; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

AZOOSPERMIA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84961267199     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iju.13076     Document Type: Article

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