Dyspermia and testicular artery peak systolic velocity

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 243-246

  Biagiotti, Giulio ^a   Vitali, Giovanni ^a   Cavallini, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a Reproductive Medicine Unit   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyspermia; Male infertility; Peak systolic velocity end diastolic velocity; Resistivity index; Testicular arteries echo colourDoppler

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; RELIABILITY; SYSTOLE; VARICOCELE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TESTIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTOLE; TESTIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036899423     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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