Microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: A new effective approach to infertility as a result of congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1045-1051

  Tournaye, H ^a   Devroey, P ^a   Liu, J ^a   Nagy, Z ^a   Lissens, W ^a   Van Steirteghem, A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azoospermia; congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens; epididymal sperm; intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0028234356     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)56754-5     Document Type: Article

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