Is the timing of post-vasectomy seminal analysis important?

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 458-460

  Smith, A G ^a   Singh, N P ^a   Scott, R ^b   Lloyd, S N ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Medico legal issues; Seminal analysis; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; TIME; VASECTOMY;

HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0031847706     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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