Fertility and Sterility
Volume 71, Issue 4 , Pages 756-760 , April 1999

A percutaneous large-needle aspiration biopsy technique for histologic examination of the testis in infertile patients

  • Angelo Carpi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • Department of Reproduction and Aging, Division of Andrology.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Angelo Carpi, M.D., Dipartimento di Medicina della Procreazione e dell’Età Evolutiva, U.O. di Andrologia, Ospedale “S. Chiara,” Via Roma, 67-56100 Pisa, Italy (FAX: 39-50-553414
    • ,
  • Fabrizio Menchini Fabris, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • Department of Reproduction and Aging, Division of Andrology.
    • ,
  • Ilaria Gorini, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • Department of Reproduction and Aging, Division of Andrology.
    • ,
  • Patrizia Gaeta, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • Department of Oncology, Division of Pathology.
    • ,
  • Rossana Romani, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • Department of Oncology, Division of Pathology.
    • ,
  • Antonio Marchetti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    • Department of Oncology, Division of Pathology.

Received 26 June 1998 ,Revised 2 November 1998 ,Accepted 2 November 1998.

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Fertility and Sterility
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