Pathogenesis and treatment of varicoceles

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7446, 2004, Pages 967-968

  Sandlow, Jay ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; HYPERTHERMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 1942436026     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7446.967     Document Type: Editorial

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