Obstructive azoospermia: Reconstructive techniques and results

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 61-73

  Baker, Karen ^a   Sabanegh, Edmund ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic injury; Microsurgery; Obstructive azoospermia; Vasovasostomy; Wolffian duct abnormalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875134061     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(Sup01)07     Document Type: Review

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