Effects of varicocele on sperm function;Effekte der varikozelen-therapie auf die spermatozoenfunktion

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 254-257

  Krause, W ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Extended' semen analysis; Seminal parameters; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ACROSOME REACTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STAINING; VARICOCELE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0032060162     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001200050180     Document Type: Review

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