Diagnosis by imaging: Scrotal ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of masculine infertility;Diagnóstico por imagen: Ecografía escrotal y eco Doppler en el diagnóstico dela infertiudad mascuuna

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 905-920

  Guerrero, Angel Sánchez ^a   Esnal, Poberto Villar ^a   Casamayor, Manuel Pamplona ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasound; Male infertility; Scrotum; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

CRYPTORCHISM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; REVIEW; SCROTUM; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; SCROTUM; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOCELE;

EID: 16644376959     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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