Vasectomy: A "Seminal" Analysis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-60

  Amundsen, Gerald A ^a   Ramakrishnan, Kalyanakrishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Male sterilization; Postvasectomy semen analysis; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VASECTOMY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASECTOMY;

EID: 1642539966     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000085766.47775.80     Document Type: Review

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