Intravasal "toothpaste" in men with obstructive azoospermia is derived from vasal epithelium, not sperm

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 634-636

  Anger, Jennifer T ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 580 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Male; Oligospermia; Vas deferens; Vasovasostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CASE REPORT; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DYSPLASIA; EJACULATORY DUCT; EPIDIDYMIS; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; EPIDIDYMIS OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; TESTIS BIOPSY; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY; VASOSTOMY;

EID: 3142654771     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000131486.34917.2f     Document Type: Article

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