Testicular hypotrophy does not correlate with grade of adolescent varicocele

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2367-2370

  Alukal, Joseph P ^a   Zurakowski, David ^a   Atala, Anthony ^a   Bauer, Stuart B ^a   Borer, Joseph G ^a   Cilento Jr , Bartley G ^a   Mandell, James ^a   Peters, Craig A ^a   Paltiel, Harriet J ^a   Retik, Alan B ^a   Diamond, David A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Growth and development; Testis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUBIN AND AMELAR GRADING SYSTEM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS HYPERTROPHY; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOCELE;

EID: 27744536509     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000180418.23208.1d     Document Type: Article

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