The role of varicocele sclerotherapy in men with severe oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 867-871

  Ghanem, Mazen A ^a,b   Safan, Manal A ^a   Ghanem, Ashraf A ^c   Dohle, Gert R ^b  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

infertility; Inhibin B; oligo astheno teratozoospermia; sclerotherapy; semen parameters; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATIC CORD INFLAMMATION; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VARICOCELE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREGNANCY; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 80755143558     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2011.48     Document Type: Article

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