Predictors of improved seminal characteristics by varicocele repair

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-23

  Kondo, Y ^a   Ishikawa, T ^a   Yamaguchi, K ^a   Fujisawa, M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Semen; Sperm; Varicocele; Varicocele repair

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 58449108109     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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