Varicocele: Standard and alternative indications for repair

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 513-516

  Fine, Ronnie G ^a   Poppas, Dix P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

FOLLOW UP; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTICULAR HYPOTROPHY; TESTIS DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84867570959     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e328358e1a4     Document Type: Review

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