Predictors of improved seminal parameters and fertility after varicocele repair in young adults

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 277-281

  Rodriguez Pena M ^a   Alescio, L ^a   Russell, A ^a   Lourenco Da Cunha, J ^a   Alzu, G ^a   Bardoneschi, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MILITAR CENTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Seminal parameters; Testicular volume; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NITRITES; ORGAN SIZE; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 70049084535     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2009.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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