Is routine scrotal ultrasound advantageous in infertile men?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1618-1620

  Pierik, Frank H ^a   Dohle, Gert R ^a   Van Muiswinkel, Johannes M ^a   Vreeburg, Jan T M ^a   Weber, Robertus F A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infertility, male; Testicular neoplasms; Ultrasonography, Doppler, color; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS TUMOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0032883875     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68180-3     Document Type: Article

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