Pubertal screening and treatment for varicocele do not improve chance of paternity as adult

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2298-2304

  Bogaert, Guy ^a   Orye, Christophe ^a   De Win, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

fertility; paternity; sclerotherapy; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBSERVATION; PATERNITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCREENING; SUBFERTILITY; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 84877587403     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.12.030     Document Type: Article

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