Prediction model for obtaining spermatozoa with testicular sperm extraction in men with non-obstructive azoospermia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1934-1941

  Cissen, M ^a,b   Meijerink, A M ^c   D'Hauwers, K W ^c   Meissner, A ^b   Van Der Weide, N ^b   Mochtar, M H ^b   De Melker, A A ^b   Ramos, L ^c   Repping, S ^b   Braat, D D M ^c   Fleischer, K ^c   VanWely, M ^b  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; ICSI; Prediction model; Sperm injections; Sperm retrieval

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CALIBRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOLOGY; SPERM RETRIEVAL; TESTIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84988939509     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew147     Document Type: Article

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