Seminal vesicles ultrasound features in a cohort of infertility patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 974-982

  Lotti, F ^a   Corona, G ^a,b   Colpi, G M ^c   Filimberti, E ^a   Innocenti, S Degli ^a   Mancini, M ^c   Baldi, E ^a   Noci, I ^a   Forti, G ^a   Maggi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

infertile men; scrotal and transrectal colour Doppler ultrasound; seminal vesicles ejection fraction; seminal vesicles ultrasound; seminal vesicles volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINAL VESICLE EJECTION FRACTION; SEMINAL VESICLE EMPTYING; SEMINAL VESICLE VOLUME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858394212     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des032     Document Type: Article

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