Indication of varicocelectomy in the era of assisted reproductive technology: Prediction of treatment outcome by noninvasive diagnostic methods

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 475-478

  Shiraishi, K ^a,c   Naito, K ^a   Takihara, H ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Onoda City Hospital   (Japan)

^c Saiseikai Shimonoseki Gen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Deep body temperature; Scrotal scintigraphy; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 79961186331     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010390236396     Document Type: Article

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