Elevation of serum testosterone and free testosterone after embolization of the internal spermatic vein for the treatment of varicocele in infertile men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2303-2306

  Gat, Yigal ^a,b   Gornish, Michael ^a,b   Belenky, Alexander ^a,b   Bachar, Gil N ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embolization; Infertility; Testis; Testosterone; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE;

EID: 6444243823     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh443     Document Type: Article

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