Varicocele in Adolescents: A 6-Year Longitudinal and Followup Observational Study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1653-1656

  Zampieri, Nicola ^a   Cervellione, Raimondo Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

adolescent; age factors; mass screening; semen; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR HYPOTROPHY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEMEN; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOCELE;

EID: 51249105553     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.03.114     Document Type: Article

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