Relationship between the number of veins ligated in a varicocelectomy with testicular volume, hormonal levels and semen parameters outcome

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 245-249

  Pasqualotto, Fábio Firmbach ^a,b   Lucon, Antônio Marmo ^b   De Góes, Plínio Moreira ^b   Sobreiro, Bernardo Passos ^b   Hallak, Jorge ^b   Pasqualotto, Eleonora Bedin ^a   Arap, Sami ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hormone; Semen; Spermatozoa; Testicle; Veins

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 20844433394     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-5147-4     Document Type: Article

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