Varicocele repair for low testosterone

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 495-498

  Fisch, Harry ^a   Hyun, Grace ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hypogonadism; low testosterone; microsurgical repair; testosterone; varicocele; varicocelectomy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

BLOOD FLOW; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84867577533     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e328358e0fb     Document Type: Review

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