Report on varicocele and infertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFECTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS ATROPHY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 4444244638     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.05.057     Document Type: Article

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