A Doppler-based study on the prevalence of varicocele in German children and adolescents

Andrologia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-19

  Pfeiffer, D ^a   Berger, J ^b   Schoop, C ^a   Tauber, R ^a  

^a ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Doppler ultrasound; Prevalence; Varicocele; Venous reflux

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VENOUS REFLUX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOLOGY; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCROTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERMATIC CORD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33644989289     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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