Retrospective Assessment of Potential Negative Synergistic Effects of Varicocele and Tobacco Use on Ultrastructural Sperm Morphology

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 794-799

  Collodel, G ^a   Capitani, S ^a   Iacoponi, F ^a   Federico, M G ^a   Pascarelli, N A ^a   Moretti, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SPERMATOZOA; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349451978     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.01.078     Document Type: Article

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