Technical investigations including imaging procedures: Colour flow doppler and thermography for the detection of reflux in varicocele

Andrology for the Clinician

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 447-453

  Gat, Y ^a   Gornish, M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84890206027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-33713-X_78     Document Type: Chapter

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