Varicocelectomy is associated with increases in serum testosterone independent of clinical grade

Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1213-1218

  Hsiao, Wayland ^b   Rosoff, James S ^b   Pale, Joseph R ^b   Powell, Jonathan L ^b   Goldstein, Marc ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b not available ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE; VARICOCELECTOMY;

EID: 84878590827     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.01.060     Document Type: Article

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