Predictive factors of successful varicocelectomy in infertile patients

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-324

  Chen, Shiou Sheng ^a,b   Chen, Li Kuei ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Infertility; Testicular volume; Varicocele; Varicocelectomy, predictive factors

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHOLESTEROL; FOLLITROPIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES; VARICOCELE;

EID: 79955088553     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322825     Document Type: Article

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