Percutaneous Therapy of Varicocele: Effects on Semen Parameters in Young Adults

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-153

  Polito Jr , M ^a   Muzzonigro, G ^a   Centini, R ^a   Candelari, R ^a   Antico, E ^a   Boscaro, M ^a   Mantero, F ^b   Ricciardo Lamonica, G ^a   Balercia, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Percutaneous therapy; Semen parameters; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 1242284253     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075970     Document Type: Article

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