Are sperm motion parameters influenced by varicocele ligation?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 886-890

  Ismail, Mohamed T ^a   Sedor, John ^a   Hirsch, Irvin H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided sperm analysis (CASA); Laparoscopy; Outcome assessment; Surgery; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0033045144     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00101-6     Document Type: Article

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