Clinical and laboratory profiles of a large cohort of patients with different grades of varicocele

Central European Journal of Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-74

  Mohamad Al Ali, Badereddin ^a   Shamloul, Rany ^b   Pichler, Martin ^a   Augustin, Herbert ^a   Pummer, Karl ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH); Luteinizing hormone (LH); Testosterone (T); Varicocele

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876854295     PISSN: 20804806     EISSN: 20804873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2013.01.art22     Document Type: Article

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