Grade 3 varicocele in fertile men: A different entity

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1363-1368

  Cocuzza, Marcello ^a   Athayde, Kelly S ^a   Alvarenga, Conrado ^a   Srougi, Miguel ^a   Hallak, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

infertility, male; reactive oxygen species; spermatozoa; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE;

ADULT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84858703487     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.11.114     Document Type: Article

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