Effect of varicocele grade and age on seminal parameters

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-199

  Vivas Acevedo, Giovanny ^a   Lozano, Jesús Ricardo ^a   Camejo, María Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Hypoosmotic swelling test; Left varicocele; Leukocytes; Semen parameters; Varicocele grade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOCELE; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957262612     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314226     Document Type: Article

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