The significance of age on success of surgery for patients with varicocele

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-356

  Reşorlu, Berkan ^a   Kara, Cengiz ^a   Şahin, Erhan ^a   Ünsal, Ali ^a  

^a Kecioren Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Sperm; Surgery; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCROTAL PAIN; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956190292     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-009-9589-y     Document Type: Article

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