The fate of cryopreserved sperm acquired during vasectomy reversals

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 463-466

  Glazier, David B ^a   Marmar, Joel L ^a   Mayer, Eric ^a   Gibbs, Mark ^a   Corson, Stephen L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Spermatozoa; Vasovasostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY--MEN; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM CELL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; RESEARCH REPORT; REVERSIBLE STERILIZATION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICS; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAS REANASTOMOSIS; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY--MEN; GENITALIA; GERM CELLS; MALE STERILIZATION; MEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; REVERSIBLE STERILIZATION; SPERM BANKS; SPERMATOZOA; STERILIZATION REVERSAL; STERILIZATION, SEXUAL; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAS REANASTOMOSIS; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 0033072727     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61924-4     Document Type: Article

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