A critical analysis of studies for treatment of varicocele from the biostatisticians view;Eine kritische analyse yon studien zur varikozelentherapie aus biostatistischer sicht

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 270-276

  Muller H H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Fertility; Meta analysis; Treatment; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE FERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0032061878     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001200050183     Document Type: Review

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