Ultrastructural features of the vas deferens from patients undergoing vasectomy and vasectomy reversal

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 691-701

  Andonian, Sero ^a   Jarvi, Keith ^a   Zini, Armand ^a   Hermo, Louis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apical blebs; Apocrine secretion; Electron microscopy; Principal cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCROTUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY; APICAL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; SCROTUM; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036708432     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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