Adolescent varicocele - Is the 20/38 harbinger a durable predictor of testicular asymmetry?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1897-1902

  Van Batavia, Jason P ^a   Badalato, Gina ^a   Fast, Angela ^a   Glassberg, Kenneth I ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; semen; testis; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84876295823     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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