Reduction in testicular temperature after varicocelectomy in infertile men

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-259

  Wright, E James ^a   Young, George P H ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^a,b  

^a James Buchanan Brady Foundation   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; THERMOREGULATION; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0030806916     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00191-X     Document Type: Article

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