Adolescent varicocele: Emerging understanding

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-51

  Diamond, D A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTROPHY; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBERTY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATIC VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TESTIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UROLOGY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 0141889990     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.92.s1.9.x     Document Type: Review

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