Chronic constipation as a causative factor for development of varicocele in men: A prospective ultrasonographic study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-10

  Turgut, Ahmet T ^a,d   Özden, Eriz ^b   Koşar, Pinar ^a   Koşar, Uǧur ^a   Çakal, Başak ^c   Karabulut, Ayhan ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Constipation; Scrotum; Ultrasonography; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GENES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CONSTIPATION; SCROTUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VARICOCELE;

DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DILATATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROPERITONEUM; SCROTUM; SIGMOID; VARICOCELE; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 33846131932     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.1.5     Document Type: Article

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