Subclinical varicocele in the pediatric age group

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 717-719

  Cervellione, Raimondo Maximilian ^a   Corroppolo, Michele ^b   Bianchi, Adrian ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Pediatrics; Testicular diseases; Testis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCLINICAL VARICOCELE; ULTRASOUND; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VENOUS REFLUX; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MASS SCREENING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; TESTIS; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ORGAN SIZE; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 38849180254     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.09.095     Document Type: Article

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