Standardization and documentation of varicocele evaluation

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 500-505

  Stahl, Peter ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic testis; Doppler; infertility; male; physical examination; routine; ultrasonography; varicocele

Indexed keywords

DNA; TESTOSTERONE;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSENSUS; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVER BIAS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; STANDARDIZATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY; VEIN DIAMETER; WARMING;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE;

EID: 80054009253     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32834b8698     Document Type: Review

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