Microsurgical varicocelectomy for infertile couples with advanced female age: Natural history in the era of ART

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 939-943

  O'Brien, Jeanne H ^a   Bowles, Ben ^a   Kamal, Khaled M ^a   Jarvi, Keith ^a   Zini, Armand ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Male infertility; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 7044263278     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb03165.x     Document Type: Article

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