Testicular symmetry and adolescent varicoceledoes it need followup?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 1614-1619

  Korets, Ruslan ^a   Woldu, Solomon L ^a   Nees, Shannon N ^a   Spencer, Benjamin A ^a   Glassberg, Kenneth I ^a  

^a Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

disease progression; organ size; risk; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR ASYMMETRY; TESTIS DISEASE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 80052700942     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.03.068     Document Type: Article

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