Varicocele and the testicular-renal venous route: Hemodynamic Doppler sonographic investigation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 627-631

  Graif, M ^a   Hauser, R ^a   Hirshebein, A ^a   Botchan, A ^a   Kessler, A ^a   Yabetz, H ^a  

^a Tel Aviv Medial Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Infertility; Nutcracker phenomenon; Testicular veins; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS REFLUX;

EID: 0033775022     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2000.19.9.627     Document Type: Article

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