Varicocele: Ultrasonographic assessment in daily clinical practice

Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 199-204

  Pauroso, S ^a   Di Leo, N ^b   Fulle, I ^a   Di Segni, M ^b   Alessi, S ^a   Maggini, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Infertility; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84855917047     PISSN: 19713495     EISSN: 18767931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jus.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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