Re: Is Varicocele Associated With Underlying Venous Abnormalities? Varicocele and the Prostatic Venous Plexus. H. Sakamoto and Y. Ogawa J Urol 2008; 180: 1427-1431

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1963-1964

  Yetkin, Ertan ^a   Waltenberger, Johannes ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTERY DISEASE; BODY MASS; CONSTIPATION; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; LETTER; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY DISORDERS; SPERMATIC VEIN; VARICOCELE; VARICOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN DISEASE;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; VARICOCELE; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 62049083343     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.12.012     Document Type: Letter

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