Current management principles for adolescent varicocele

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1294-1298

  Diamond, David A ^a   Gargollo, Patricio C ^b   Caldamone, Anthony A ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTICULAR DISPROPORTION; TESTICULAR SELF EXAMINATION; TESTIS DISEASE; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 82455204013     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.10.034     Document Type: Article

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