Percutaneous treatment of varicocele: 13 years experience with the transbrachial approach;Trattamento percutaneo del varicocele: 13 anni di esperienza transbrachiale

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-171

  Pieri, Stefano ^a,b   Minucci, Sergio ^a   Morucci, Maurizio ^a   Giuliani, Maria Silvia ^a   De'Medici, Lorenzo ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0035288097     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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