{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,9]],"date-time":"2026-09-09T06:09:21Z","timestamp":1788934161408,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":23,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Urol Ann"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021]]},"DOI":"10.4103\/ua.ua_129_20","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,14]],"date-time":"2021-07-14T13:04:55Z","timestamp":1626267895000},"page":"254","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Effect of hormonal manipulation using clomiphene citrate prior to microdissection testicular sperm retrieval"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Abdulmalik","family":"Addar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Khalid","family":"Alrabeeah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ali","family":"Alothman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"SaadAbu","family":"Melha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdullah","family":"Alkhayal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-1","first-page":"111","volume-title":"Micro-dissection testicular sperm extraction as an alternative for sperm acquisition in the most difficult cases of Azoospermia: Technique and preliminary results in India","author":"Ashraf","year":"2013","journal-title":"J Hum Reprod Sci","ISSN":"https:\/\/id.crossref.org\/issn\/0974-1208","issn-type":"print"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-2","first-page":"35","volume-title":"Microdissection testicular sperm extraction: An update","author":"Dabaja","year":"2013","journal-title":"Asian J Androl","ISSN":"https:\/\/id.crossref.org\/issn\/1008-682X","issn-type":"print"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-3","first-page":"175","volume-title":"Severe testicular atrophy does not affect the success of microdissection testicular sperm extraction","author":"Bryson","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Urol"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-4","first-page":"9","volume-title":"Medical treatment of male infertility","author":"Dabaja","year":"2014","journal-title":"Transl Androl Urol"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-5","first-page":"595","volume-title":"On-label and off-label drugs used in the treatment of male infertility","author":"Chehab","year":"2015","journal-title":"Fertil Steril"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-6","first-page":"E110","volume-title":"Optimization of spermatogenesis-regulating hormones in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia and its impact on sperm retrieval: A multicentre study","author":"Hussein","year":"2013","journal-title":"BJU Int"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-7","first-page":"331","volume-title":"Human chorionic gonadotrophin treatment prior to microdissection testicular sperm extraction in non-obstructive azoospermia","author":"Shiraishi","year":"2012","journal-title":"Hum Reprod"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-8","first-page":"864","volume-title":"Combination of vitamin E and clomiphene citrate in treating patients with idiopathic oligoasthenozoospermia: A prospective, randomized trial","author":"ElSheikh","year":"2015","journal-title":"Andrology"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-9","first-page":"2072","volume-title":"Outcome of gonadotropin therapy for male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism at university affiliated male infertility centers: A 30-year retrospective study","author":"Miyagawa","year":"2005","journal-title":"J Urol"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-10","first-page":"467","volume-title":"Combined hMG\/hCG treatment in subfertile men with idiopathic normogonadotrophic oligozoospermia","author":"Schill","year":"1982","journal-title":"Int J Androl"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-11","first-page":"125","volume-title":"An evidence-based perspective to the medical treatment of male infertility: A short review","author":"Ghanem","year":"2009","journal-title":"Urol Int"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-12","first-page":"787","volume-title":"Clomiphene administration for cases of nonobstructive azoospermia: A multicenter study","author":"Hussein","year":"2005","journal-title":"J Androl"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-13","first-page":"5","volume-title":"Predictive factors of successful microdissection testicular sperm extraction","author":"Bernie","year":"2013","journal-title":"Basic Clin Androl"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-14","first-page":"103","volume-title":"Microdissection testicular sperm extraction (micro-TESE): Predictive value of preoperative hormonal levels and pathology in non-obstructive azoospermia","author":"Eken","year":"2018","journal-title":"Kaohsiung J Med Sci"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-15","first-page":"e67","volume-title":"Reprint of: High serum FSH levels in men with nonobstructive azoospermia does not affect success of microdissection testicular sperm extraction","author":"Ramasamy","year":"2019","journal-title":"Fertil Steril"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-16","first-page":"1108","volume-title":"Successful fertility treatment for Klinefelter's syndrome","author":"Ramasamy","year":"2009","journal-title":"J Urol"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-17","first-page":"1155","volume-title":"Birth of 16 healthy children after ICSI in cases of nonmosaic Klinefelter syndrome","author":"Greco","year":"2013","journal-title":"Hum Reprod"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-18","first-page":"421","volume-title":"Outcomes of micro-dissection TESE in patients with non-mosaic klinefelter's syndrome without hormonal treatment","author":"Ozveri","year":"2015","journal-title":"Int J Fertil Steril"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-19","first-page":"903","volume-title":"Partners of men with Klinefelter syndrome can benefit from assisted reproductive technologies","author":"Ulug","year":"2003","journal-title":"Fertil Steril"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-20","first-page":"691","volume-title":"An update on the clinical assessment of the infertile male.[corrected]","author":"Esteves","year":"2011","journal-title":"Clinics (Sao Paulo)"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-21","first-page":"532","volume-title":"Role of optimizing testosterone before microdissection testicular sperm extraction in men with nonobstructive azoospermia","author":"Reifsnyder","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Urol"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-22","first-page":"1359","volume-title":"Aromatase inhibitors for male infertility","author":"Schlegel","year":"2012","journal-title":"Fertil Steril"},{"key":"key-10.4103\/0974-7796.321347-23","first-page":"315","volume-title":"Effect of pentoxifylline on semen parameters, reproductive hormones, and seminal plasma antioxidant capacity in men with idiopathic infertility: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study","author":"Safarinejad","year":"2011","journal-title":"Int Urol Nephrol"}],"container-title":["Urology Annals"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,14]],"date-time":"2026-08-14T18:55:38Z","timestamp":1786733738000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/10.4103\/UA.UA_129_20"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021]]},"references-count":23,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2021]]}},"alternative-id":["321347"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/ua.ua_129_20","relation":{},"ISSN":["0974-7796"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0974-7796","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021]]}}}