Patency following vasectomy reversal. Temporal and immunological considerations

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1208-1211

  Amarin, Zouhair O ^a,b,c   Obeidat, Basil R ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Highgate and Manor House Hospitals ^*  (Jordan)

^c Health Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAS DEFERENS; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 24744439973     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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