Urogenital anomalies in men with congenital absence of the vas deferens

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1644-1648

  Schlegel, Peter N ^a   Shin, David ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abnormalities; infertility, male; kidney; testis; vas deferens

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBFERTILITY; TESTIS DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0029883879     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66152-4     Document Type: Article

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