Physical examination may miss the diagnosis of bilateral varicocele: A comparative study of 4 diagnostic modalities

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1414-1417

  Gat, Yigal ^a   Bachar, Gil N ^a   Zukerman, Zvi ^a   Belenky, Alexander ^a   Gorenish, Michael ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Phlebography, infertility; Ultrasonography, Doppler; Varicocele, thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPERMATIC VEIN; THERMOGRAPHY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 4544256981     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000138540.57137.5f     Document Type: Article

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