Repeated testicular infarction in a patient with sickle cell disease: A possible mechanism for testicular failure

Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 551-

  Li, Maomi ^a,b   Fogarty, James ^a   Whitney, Kathleen D ^a   Stone, Peter ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFARCTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR FAILURE; TESTICULAR INFARCTION; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS TUMOR; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0043235892     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00482-5     Document Type: Article

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