Testicular volume and semen parameters in patients aged 12 to 17 years with idiopathic varicocele

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 383-385

  Keene, David J B ^a   Sajad, Yasmin ^b   Rakoczy, George ^a   Cervellione, Raimondo M ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Semen variables; Testicular volume; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC VARICOCELE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SPERM BANKS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84856907701     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.11.035     Document Type: Article

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