The impact of varicocele and varicocele repair on serum testosterone

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 227-231

  Tanrikut, Cigdem ^a,b   McQuaid, Joseph W ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

androgen deficiency; hypogonadism; testosterone; varicocele; varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE INFERTILITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCROTAL PAIN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 79960816412     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328348a3e2     Document Type: Review

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