Color Doppler ultrasound investigation of varicocele

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 378-381

  Liguori, Giovanni ^a,b   Trombetta, Carlo ^a   Garaffa, Giulio ^a   Bucci, Stefano ^a   Gattuccio, Ignazio ^a   Salamè, Leonardo ^a   Belgrano, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Infertility; Ultrasound; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATIC VEIN; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

HUMANS; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 13644269219     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-004-0421-0     Document Type: Article

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