Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1284-1292 , April 2005

Tubal sterilization with a waterborne polyethylene glycol in situ cross-linking material: A minimally invasive approach

Received 10 February 2004 ,Revised 21 July 2004 ,Accepted 21 July 2004.

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 Funded by the Office of Technology Collaborations and Licensing at Arizona State University, grant YF99361.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.984

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1284-1292 , April 2005

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