Testicular pain following vasectomy: A review of postvasectomy pain syndrome

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-298

  Christiansen, Cory G ^a   Sandlow, Jay I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CELL FUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PHAGOCYTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINALYSIS; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 4644245226     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02675.x     Document Type: Review

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