Comparison of the effects of varicocelectomy on the spermiogram of patients with subclinical versus clinical varicocele

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-252

  Ketabchi, A A ^a   Ahmadinejad, M ^a   Ehsan, M ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical varicocele; Infertility; Spermiogram; Subclinical varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFERTILITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMIOGRAM; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33645225788     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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