Bilateral but not Unilateral Testicular Hypotrophy Predicts for Severe Impairment of Semen Quality in Men with Varicocele Undergoing Infertility Evaluation

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1114-1118

  Wu, Alex K ^a   Walsh, Thomas J ^a   Phonsombat, Surat ^a   Croughan, Mary S ^a   Turek, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR HYPOTROPHY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 44449143087     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.12.074     Document Type: Article

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