Effects of micronised purified flavonoid fraction on pain, spermiogram and scrotal color doppler parameters in patients with painful varicocele: Results of a pilot study

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-179

  Kiliç, Süleyman ^a   Güneş, Ali ^a   Ipek, Deniz ^a   Dusak, Abdurrahim ^a   Güneş, Gülsen ^a   Balbay, Mevlana Derya ^b   Baydinç, Yaşar Can ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Doppler sonography; Micronised purified flavonoid fraction; Pain; Spermiogram; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; SPERMIOGRAM; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SCROTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 17244371185     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083290     Document Type: Article

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