Use of FSH in adolescents and young adults with left idiopathic varicocele, not submitted to surgery: Preliminary study;Uso del FSH in adolescenti e giovani adulti affetti da varicocele idiopatico monolaterale sinistro, non sottoposti ad intervento chirurgico: Studio preliminare

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 361-366

  Radicioni, A ^a   Schwarzenberg, T L ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Policlinico Umberto I ^*

Author keywords

Adolescence; FSH, diagnostic use; Spermatozoa cytology; Spermatozoa physiology

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATOZOON; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0033223138     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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