Effects of Varicocele Repair in Adults on Ultrasonographically Determined Testicular Volume and on Semen Profile

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 485-489

  Sakamoto, Hideo ^a   Saito, Katsuyuki ^a   Ogawa, Yoshio ^a   Yoshida, Hideki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 40649118509     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.11.040     Document Type: Article

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