Radiologically assessed testicular changes in infertile males with varicocele

Andrologia

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 307-311

  Hassan, A ^a   Gad, H M ^b   Mostafa, T ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler ultrasonography; Male infertility; Scintigraphy; Testis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCINTIGRAPHY; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 80053182823     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2010.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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