Transrectal US in male infertility: Spectrum of findings and role in patient care

Radiology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 173-181

  Kuligowska, Ewa ^a   Fenlon, Helen M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genitourinary system, abnormalities; Genitourinary system, calculi; Genitourinary system, US; Kidney, abnormalities; Seminal vesicle; Sterility; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYST; EJACULATORY DUCT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OCCLUSION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE DISEASE; STONE FORMATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0031960683     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.1.9530314     Document Type: Article

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