Color Doppler ultrasound in subclinical varicocele: An attempt to determine new criteria

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-48

  Mihmanli, Ismail ^a   Kurugoglu, Sebuh ^a   Cantasdemir, Murat ^a   Zulfikar, Zuzan ^a   Halit Yilmaz, Mehmet ^a   Numan, Furuzan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasound; Infertility; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; THERMOGRAPHY; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRASOUND; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0033834329     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(00)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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