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Treatment progress of cryptozoospermia with Western Medicine and traditional Chinese medicine: A literature review.
Article in Health science reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Biallelic variants in TBC1D8 are potentially associated with male infertility due to non-obstructive azoospermia or cryptozoospermia.Asian journal of andrology · 2026Article
- Testicular sperm extraction for men with cryptozoospermia - are we jumping the gun?Arab journal of urology · 2025Review
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- Treatment progress of cryptozoospermia with Western Medicine and traditional Chinese medicine: A literature review.Health science reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background and Aims: Cryptozoospermia is an extreme oligozoospermia with an unsatisfactory treatment effect, with an incidence rate of approximately 8.73% in male infertility, whose effective solution has become the call of the times. Western Medicine has achieved certain effects through drugs, surgery, and assisted reproductive therapy, but this is still not ideal. Traditional Chinese medicine ( Methods: The relevant literatures from the China National Knowledge Internet ( Results: With the development of modern science and technology, medical treatments for cryptozoospermia have become increasingly abundant; however, there is still no universally recognized unified and effective guiding plan. Although Conclusion: The combination of
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