Imaging in male hypofertility and impotence

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-163

  Cornud, F ^a,c   Amar, E ^c   Hamida, K ^a   Thiounn, N ^b   Helenon O ^a   Moreau, J F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b Hopital Cochin ^*  (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CYST; EJACULATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMPOTENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCROTUM; ULTRASOUND; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0033938982     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.2000.00593.x     Document Type: Review

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