Surgical treatment of varicocele improves fertility and facilitates medically assisted procreation;Le traitement chirurgical de la varicocèle améliore la fertilité et aide à la procréation médicalement assistée

Progres en Urologie

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 543-549

  Jallouli, H ^a   Hadj Slimen, M ^a   Sahnoun, A ^a   Kechou, S ^a   Ben Amar, S ^a   Bahloul, Ali ^a   Mhiri, M N ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Andrologie; Assisted reproductive technology; Male infertility; Semen analyses; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VARICOCELE;

EID: 50049129086     PISSN: 11667087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2008.03.032     Document Type: Article

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