Normal and variant appearances of the adult epididymis and vas deferens on high-resolution sonography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 385-392

  Puttemans, Thierry ^a   Delvigne, Annick ^b   Murillo, Daniel ^b  

^a IRIS   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Male reproductive tract; Normal anatomy; Testis; Ultrasonography; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VAS DEFERENS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 33749168882     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20257     Document Type: Article

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