Relationship of varicocele to sperm output and fertility of male partners in infertile couples

Journal of Urology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 1978, Pages 691-694

  Rodriguez Rigau, L J ^a   Smith, K D ^a   Steinberger, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; SPERMATOZOON; THERAPY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0018217231     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)57332-2     Document Type: Article

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