Hereditary behavior of varicocele

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-290

  Gökçe, Ahmet ^a   Davarci, Mürsel ^a   Yalçinkaya, Fatih Rüştü ^a   Güven, Eşref Oǧuz ^a   Kaya, Yusuf Selim ^a   Helvaci, Mehmet Rami ^a   Balbay, Mevlana Derya ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heredity; Infertility; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCREENING TEST; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTAL SWELLING; VARICOCELE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; INFERTILITY, MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 77954920253     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.109.008698     Document Type: Article

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