Insight on pathogenesis of varicoceles: Relationship of varicocele and body mass index

Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 392-396

  Nielsen, Matthew E ^a   Zderic, Stephen ^a,b   Freedland, Stephen J ^a,b   Jarow, Jonathan P ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFERTILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOCELE;

EID: 33746825496     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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