Improvement of sperm count and motility after ligation of varicoceles detected with colour Doppler ultrasonography

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 256-260

  Pierik, F H ^a,b   Vreeburg, J T M ^a,b   Stijnen, Th ^b   Van Roijen, J H ^a,b   Dohle, G R ^a   Lameris J S ^a   Timmers, T ^b   Weber, R F A ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler ultrasonography; Semen parameters; Subclinical varicocele; Varicocele ligation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0031761508     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1998.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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