Effects of micronised purified flavonoid fraction on pain, semen analysis and scrotal color Doppler parameters in patients with painful varicocele; results of a randomized placebo-controlled study

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 401-408

  Söylemez, Haluk ^a   Kiliç, Süleyman ^b   Atar, Murat ^a   Penbegül, Necmettin ^a   Sancaktutar, Ahmet Ali ^a   Bozkurt, Yaşar ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Urology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Micronised purified flavonoid fraction; Pain; Semen analysis; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

DAFLON; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCROTAL PAIN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN MORPHOLOGY; SEMEN VOLUME; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FLAVONOIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOCELE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863092018     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-0038-3     Document Type: Article

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