Comparison of testicular volumes before and after varicocelectomy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 220-223

  Çulha, Melih ^a   Mutlu, Nazim ^a   Acar, Oǧuz ^a   Baykal, Murat ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Testis, volume; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0031678718     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030258     Document Type: Article

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