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Noninvasive prediction of outcomes of microsurgical sperm extraction in men with nonobstructive azoospermia

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boxed-textTsujimura A et al. (2004) Prediction of successful outcome of microdissection testicular sperm extraction in men with idiopathic nonobstructive azoospermia. J Urol 172: 1944–1947

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Hellstrom, W., Kendirci, M. Noninvasive prediction of outcomes of microsurgical sperm extraction in men with nonobstructive azoospermia. Nat Rev Urol 2, 78–79 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0096

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