The validity of testicular catch-up growth and serum FSH levels in the long-term postoperative assessment of laparoscopic varicocele correction in adolescents

Urology Annals

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-32

  Deshpande, Aniruddh ^a,c   Cohen, Ralph ^a   Tsang, Irene ^a   Ambler, Geoff ^a,c   Fleming, Steven ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescent; follow up; testicular function; testicular hypertrophy; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTICULAR ENLARGEMENT; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; VALIDITY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 79953004760     PISSN: 09747796     EISSN: 09747834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7796.75870     Document Type: Article

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