Recent developments in vasectomy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7486, 2005, Pages 296-299

  Aradhya, Kerry Wright ^a   Best, Kim ^a   Sokal, David C ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUTERIZATION; CONTRACEPTION; FASCIA; HUMAN; LIGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 13444309102     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7486.296     Document Type: Review

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