Predictive Factors for Sperm Recovery after Varicocelectomy in Men with Nonobstructive Azoospermia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 485-490

  Shiraishi, Koji ^a   Oka, Shintaro ^a   Matsuyama, Hideyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

azoospermia; cell cycle; testis; transcriptome; varicocele

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTOME; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; UPREGULATION; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; BIOPSY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOPSY; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 85008186461     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.08.085     Document Type: Article

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