Active surveillance of the adolescent with varicocele: Predicting semen outcomes from ultrasound

Journal of Urology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1401-1406

  Christman, Matthew S ^a   Zderic, Stephen A ^b   Canning, Douglas A ^b   Kolon, Thomas F ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; scrotum; semen analysis; ultrasound; varicocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; VARICOCELE; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; VARICOCELE;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VARICOCELE; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84899109747     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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