Echo-colour Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of varicocele

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-382

  Resim, S ^a   Cek M ^a   Fazlioglu A ^a   Caskurlu T ^a   Gurbuz G ^a   Sevin, G ^a  

^a VAKIF GUREBA HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0033403275     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007182304770     Document Type: Article

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