A follow-up study of semen quality and fertility in men with varicocele testis and in control subjects

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 682-686

  Lund, L ^a,c   Larsen, S B ^b  

^a Skejby University Hospital

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fertility; Male; Semen; Varicocele testis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0031736815     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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