Left-sided grade 3 varicocele may affect the biological function of the epididymis

Scandinavian Journal of Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 284-289

  Lehtihet, Mikael ^a   Arver, Stefan ^a   Kalin, Bo ^a   Kvist, Ulrik ^a   Pousette, Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epididymal function; Human sperm morphology; Male infertility; Semen analysis; Seminal parameters; Varicocele; Vein embolization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; INFERTILITY, MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOCELE;

EID: 84900543425     PISSN: 21681805     EISSN: 21681813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21681805.2013.868513     Document Type: Article

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