Varicocele in adolescents: a review and guideline for the daily practice;Varicocele en adolescentes: Revision y guias para la practica diaria

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 859-871

  Waalkes, R ^a   Manea, I F ^a   Nijman, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Management; Treatment; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84872014592     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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