Does a clinical varicocele influence the relationship between testicular volume by ultrasound and testicular function in patients with infertility?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1632-1637

  Sakamoto, Hideo ^a   Ogawa, Yoshio ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

testicular function; testicular volume; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 70350567346     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.105     Document Type: Article

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