Testicular Asymmetry and Adolescent Varicoceles Managed Expectantly

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 731-734

  Poon, Stephen A ^a   Gjertson, Carl K ^a   Mercado, Miguel A ^a   Raimondi, Peter M ^a   Kozakowski, Kristin A ^a   Glassberg, Kenneth I ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; testis; ultrasonography; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTICULAR ASYMMETRY; TESTIS DISEASE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 73749084308     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

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