Adolescent varicocele: Influence of Tanner stage at presentation on the presence, development, worsening and/or improvement of testicular hypotrophy without surgical intervention

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 1727-1732

  Van Batavia, Jason P ^a,b   Woldu, Solomon L ^a,b   Raimondi, Peter M ^a,b   Spencer, Benjamin A ^c   Insel, Beverly J ^c   Poon, Stephen A ^a,b   Glassberg, Kenneth I ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; organ size; spermatic cord; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAGING; TESTIS ASYMMETRY; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTIS; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650660580     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.05.053     Document Type: Article

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