Effects of varicocele repair on spontaneous first trimester miscarriage: A randomized clinical trial

Urology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 505-513

  Ghanaie, Mandana Mansour ^a   Asgari, Seyyed Alaeddin ^a   Dadrass, Nassrin ^a   Allahkhah, Aliakbar ^a   Iran Pour, Elham ^b   Safarinejad, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Private Practice of Urology and Andrology   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abortion; Pregnancy trimesters; Randomized controlled trial; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TIME; VARICOCELE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84864096716     PISSN: 17351308     EISSN: 1735546X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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