Congenital Absence of the Vas Deferens
- 27 December 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 323 (26) , 1788-1792
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199012273232602
Abstract
Congenital absence of the vas deferens has been considered a virtually untreatable cause of male sterility. Furthermore, sperm that have not passed through at least the head of the epididymis have been thought to be incapable of causing pregnancy. We attempted to determine whether human sperm that had never passed through the epididymis could fertilize eggs in vitro and whether the technique could be used for men with congenital absence of the vas deferens.Keywords
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