Clinical and radiological evaluation of ejaculatory duct obstruction

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 179-186

  Onur, Mehmet Ruhi ^a   Orhan, Ýrfan ^b   Fýrdolap, Fatih ^b   Onur, Rahmi ^b   Kocakoç, Ercan ^b  

^a Kovancilar Government Hospital   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ejaculatory duct obstruction; Infertility; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; EJACULATION DISORDER; EJACULATORY DUCT; FIBROSIS; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EJACULATORY DUCTS; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 79961180983     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010701426448     Document Type: Review

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