Varicocelectomy, evidence-based medicine and fallibility

European Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-219

  Heaton, Jeremy P W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VEIN SURGERY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; VARICOCELE;

EID: 32144449584     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.12.034     Document Type: Editorial

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