Assessment of the intratesticular resistive index by colour Doppler ultrasonography measurements as a predictor of spermatogenesis

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 722-726

  Pinggera, Germar Michael ^a   Mitterberger, Michael ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Strasser, Hannes ^a   Gradl, Johannes ^a   Aigner, Friedrich ^a   Pallwein, Leo ^a   Frauscher, Ferdinand ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Infertility; Ischaemia; Resistive index; Testicular blood perfusion; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTRATESTICULAR BLOOD FLOW; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTIVE INDEX OF INTRATESTICULAR ARTERY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR VOLUME; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 39449122243     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07343.x     Document Type: Article

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