Varicocele as a risk factor for androgen deficiency and effect of repair

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1480-1484

  Tanrikut, Cigdem ^a,b,c   Goldstein, Marc ^a,d,e   Rosoff, James S ^a,d   Lee, Richard K ^a,d   Nelson, Christian J ^f   Mulhall, John P ^a,f  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen deficiency; hypogonadism; testosterone; varicocele

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VASECTOMY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 79960800395     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.10030.x     Document Type: Article

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