Predictive factors associated with successful varicocele repair a study of 139 infertile men with valicocele

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 480-486

  Kiuchi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Koga, Minoru ^a   Hirai, Toshiaki ^c   Namba, Yukiomi ^d   Takeyama, Masami ^a   Nishimura, Kenji ^e   Tsujimura, Akira ^d   Matsumiya, Kiyomi ^d   Okuyama, Akihiko ^d  

^a Osaka Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b Iseikai Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Department of Urology   (Japan)

Author keywords

FSH; Predictive factors; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREDICTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 20444421875     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.96.480     Document Type: Article

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